This handmade patchwork quilt was created by Nora (Adams) Cramer (1884-1974) of Motley, Minnesota. The quilt is constructed of alternating blocks of calico and white…
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Family History Books Index Updated
Yesterday I uploaded an updated version of our Family History Books index. We receive several new family history books for our archives each year, which…
View More Family History Books Index UpdatedThe Gathering in Motley
On September 4, 2010, the Motley Area Historical Society, in conjunction with the Morrison County Historical Society and Morrison County Genealogy Society, will be hosting…
View More The Gathering in MotleyGenealogy Information
Several times this month something has happened while I was helping researchers, and while talking with Ann Marie this morning about it, she thought I…
View More Genealogy InformationCollections Carousel – The Odd Shop Bag
The Odd Shop got its start in 1929 when Ida Caroline McCauley and her niece, Clara (McCauley) Guerin, organized the Guerin McCauley Company. The company…
View More Collections Carousel – The Odd Shop BagCollections Carousel – Little Falls Dairy Queen Parade Car
This slick-looking four-door Chrysler sedan, shown on Broadway Avenue East in Little Falls, Minnesota, is decked out with advertising for a fairly new restaurant in…
View More Collections Carousel – Little Falls Dairy Queen Parade CarCollections Carousel – Unidentified Herum Family Photograph
This unidentified studio photograph belongs to a collection of photographs and miscellaneous items from the family of Stanley Herum. The photograph possibly shows Stanley and…
View More Collections Carousel – Unidentified Herum Family PhotographCollections Carousel – “Choice Recipes” Cookbook
This small cookbook (6½”H x 4″W) is one of a collection of cookbooks recently donated by Fred “Bodie” Larson of Little Falls, Minnesota. The cookbooks…
View More Collections Carousel – “Choice Recipes” CookbookProbate Files
I’ve been working on probate files this morning and Ann Marie reminded me it’s been awhile since I’ve done a blog. She’s right, I seem…
View More Probate FilesCollections Carousel – Victor Clothing Company Store
Austin F. Koslosky, a founder of the Victor Clothing Company, was one of the leading citizens of Morrison County featured in Clara Fuller’s, History of…
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