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C-19 symbols for remembering those who have died of or survived COVID-19, May 27, 2020.

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Weyerhaeuser Museum Closed to Public November 20 – December 18, 2020

As cases of COVID-19 surge uncontrollably throughout Minnesota and most of the United States, hospitals and healthcare workers are being stretched beyond capacity. Morrison County…

Sign on Little Falls hair salon indicating the business is closed due to Governor Tim Walz's executive order during the COVID-19 pandemic, March 25, 2020.

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Stay at Home Order Will Keep Weyerhaeuser Museum Closed

Mary W March 25, 2020 No Comments COVID-19 Governor Walz stay at home order museum closed social distancing Weyerhaeuser Museum closed for COVID-19

Governor Tim Walz just finished his March 25, 2020, daily briefing on the COVID-19 pandemic. During the briefing, he announced a “stay-at-home” executive order that…

CDC poster "Stop the Spread of Germs," produced for the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020.

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COVID-19 Update: Weyerhaeuser Museum Closed

Morrison County Historical Society March 14, 2020 No Comments CDC COVID-19 flatten the curve Minnesota Department of Health novel coronavirus pandemic restoring old windows class Rethos Tim Walz state of emergency Weyerhaeuser Museum closed for COVID-19

In light of Governor Tim Walz’s declaration of a peacetime state of emergency relating to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, The Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial…

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Stone Rubbing Class & Cemetery Talk

Morrison County Historical Society June 2, 2017 No Comments Calvary Cemetery nathan richardson Stone Rubbing

Calvary Cemetery in Little Falls, Minnesota, is the final resting place of Nathan Richardson, Father of Morrison County. Join the Morrison County Historical Society on…

Rob Mann, anthropology professor at St. Cloud State University and archaeologist of mission site at Little Elk Heritage Preserve. Photo provided by Rob Mann.

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Archaeology at Little Elk

Morrison County Historical Society May 10, 2017 No Comments archaeology Little Elk Heritage Preserve Rob Mann St. Cloud State University

UPDATE (May 13, 2017): Our arrangements to host this event on-site at Little Elk Heritage Preserve (LEHP) have been successful. The Archaeology Talk will occur…

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Kind Words for the Morrison County Historical Society

Mary W March 21, 2017 No Comments 2017 National Medal for Museum Service Early Resorts of Minnesota Gold Rush Widows of Little Falls imls institute of museum and library services Jeffrey Jelinski John Hamerlinck Linda Peavy ren holland Representative Rick Nolan Ursula Smith

In August 2016, we at the Morrison County Historical Society were surprised and pleased to receive a letter from the Institute for Museum and Library…

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Collections Carousel – LeBlanc Fillet Knife

Ann Marie J November 26, 2016 No Comments Collections Carousel

Knifemaking is an art form requiring meticulous craftsmanship and a critical eye. Morrison County native and retired Brigadier General, Gary LeBlanc (1944-2016), obviously had those…

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Fallout Shelter at LF Post Office

Mary W June 26, 2015 No Comments Bethel Lutheran Church Little Falls construction of Little Falls Post Office Department of Defense fallout shelter John Wetzel Kenny Garrison L. G. Worthington Little Falls Post Office Little Falls Post Office history nuclear fallout nuclear fallout drill Office of Civil Defense school children nuclear fallout exercise

Yesterday the Little Falls Post Office donated a stack of historic materials to the Morrison County Historical Society. The stack includes a cash book ledger…

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Collections Carousel – Government Witness Trees of 1852 N.S. Survey

Ann Marie J March 24, 2015 No Comments Collections Carousel

These wood survey posts were donated to the Morrison County Historical Society (MCHS) in 1940 by assistant county…

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Collections Carousel – Little Falls High School, 1914 (Addition 1936)

Ann Marie J January 24, 2015 1 Comment Collections Carousel

Dedicated on Friday, January 9, 1914, the third high school built in Little Falls, Minnesota, was a grand three-story structure situated near the heart…