Free Movies It was a big treat for youngsters when in the Bowlus Park, every Friday night during the summer they would have free movies.…
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Bert Rudie – Part IV
Eggs and Cream When we milked the cattle, we didn’t have any place to keep the cream that they separated. So they had to put…
View More Bert Rudie – Part IVCollections Carousel – Little Falls High School Commencement Program, 1898
On May 27, 1898, Marie Louise Richard and five classmates – Nettie F. Carley, Ernest M. Merrick, Grace E. Mahan, J. Henry Guerin, Leigh V.…
View More Collections Carousel – Little Falls High School Commencement Program, 1898Bert Rudie – Part III
Building the New Farm House It was around 1938 or 1939 when my parents decided to replace or build a new house on the farm.…
View More Bert Rudie – Part IIIBert Rudie – Part II
Bad Things Happen I remember one disaster when I was young: there was a “general alarm” on the telephone, which was a party-line. A neighbor’s…
View More Bert Rudie – Part IIBert Rudie – Part I
While we haven’t posted a new “What’s It Like” essay in a while, the project is still simmering. We recently received a long essay covering…
View More Bert Rudie – Part INew Articles Online
Now that we’ve mailed out the latest edition of the newsletter to MCHS members, it was time to add a few past newsletter articles to…
View More New Articles OnlineMCHS Online Exhibits
We’ve got exciting news to share. We’ve been working over the past few months on a new section to our website, one that allows us…
View More MCHS Online ExhibitsMuseum Closed Independence Day – July 4th, 2013
The Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Museum will be closed on Thursday, July 4th, 2013, to celebrate the 237th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration…
View More Museum Closed Independence Day – July 4th, 2013New Books in the Gift Shop
We’re offering several new books in the museum gift shop. Two of them I’ve read and can vouch for their excellence. One is “History of…
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