As part of a consumer and environmentalist culture, Americans are encouraged to both acquire lots of things and keep them so as not to be…
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Category: preservation
Archaeology at Little Elk
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…
View More Archaeology at Little ElkCollections Carousel – Delecto Banners of Doug Birk’s Parents, Del & Esther Birk
Among the many items donated to the Morrison County Historical Society by noted Minnesota archaeologist and museum friend, Doug Birk, were these De-lec-to banners from…
View More Collections Carousel – Delecto Banners of Doug Birk’s Parents, Del & Esther BirkNPS Cultural Resources Climate Change Strategy
At The Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Museum, we are feeling the effects of climate change. Because we are perched high on a riverbank overlooking the…
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Collections Carousel – Photos of O. A. Churchill Store/Muske Implement Building, circa 1985
Until its demolition in 1988, the O. A. Churchill Store, also known as the Muske Implement Building, was the oldest standing commercial structure in central…
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Rehab Lab: Repairing Old Windows
Saturday, November 5, 2016 – 12:30-4:30 p.m. Would you spend $50 to save $1,000? In this hands-on workshop, historic window specialist Paul Schmidt of Restoration…
View More Rehab Lab: Repairing Old WindowsRehab Lab: Repairing Old Windows
Rehab Lab: Repairing Old Windows Presented By Preservation Alliance of Minnesota, The Minnesota Historical Society and The Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Museum Saturday, May 7, 2016 12:30-4:30 p.m.…
View More Rehab Lab: Repairing Old WindowsA Statement about Historic Preservation
Historic preservation issues are continually bubbling to the surface in communities across Minnesota. Morrison County faces its own preservation issues on a regular basis. The…
View More A Statement about Historic PreservationReading a Building for Its History
My husband Erik and I were treated to an impromptu tour of Kyle Hoggarth’s new Edward Jones office in Little Falls, MN, yesterday. This is…
View More Reading a Building for Its HistoryLittle Falls Ravine Tour Now Online
After writing an article on the Little Falls ravine for the MCHS newsletter last year, we knew there was more we wanted to do with…
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