We Want Your Shoes … For St. Nick
Larger version of above pic: http://morrisoncountyhistory.org/stnickday2014.pdf Weyerhaeuser Museum Requests Shoes for St. Nicholas Day Americans are familiar with the tradition of hanging stockings, typically by…
View More We Want Your Shoes … For St. NickZombie Attack!
During the annual conference of the American Association for State & Local History last week, staff from the Morrison County Historical Society and Cokato Museum…
View More Zombie Attack!Collections Carousel – Z. N. Barnes Cats
Z. N. Barnes loved cats, or at least he loved taking pictures of them. One family cat in particular, a beautiful tabby , was photographed…
View More Collections Carousel – Z. N. Barnes CatsThis Old Haunt: Ghost Towns of Morrison County
Elk City, Olean, Topeka, Vawter. Named places from the mists of Morrison County’s past, all gone. The Morrison County Historical Society will revive the memory…
View More This Old Haunt: Ghost Towns of Morrison CountyCollections Carousel – Sanitary Milk & Ice Cream Company Ice Cream
Ice cream. The perfect summertime (and wintertime!) treat. A concoction consisting mainly of cream, butterfat or milk that is sweetened and flavored, beaten to a…
View More Collections Carousel – Sanitary Milk & Ice Cream Company Ice CreamFoot Selfies Wanted
We’ve got a brand new exhibit at the Weyerhaeuser Museum and we want you to be a part of it. The exhibit is called “Saunter:…
View More Foot Selfies WantedCollections Carousel – Marian (Frisk) Karhula’s Braided Rug, Circa 1945
Women’s cotton stockings, in colors ranging from white, cream, tan and brown to dark grey and black, were the materials used to make this 30″…
View More Collections Carousel – Marian (Frisk) Karhula’s Braided Rug, Circa 1945Collections Carousel – Planet Jr. Walking Cultivator, 1919
The growing season has finally arrived in Minnesota after a long hard winter. Farmers and gardeners who are madly rushing to care for their quickly…
View More Collections Carousel – Planet Jr. Walking Cultivator, 1919MCHS Announces New History Awards Program
Carl A. Weyerhaeuser was born in 1901 in Little Falls, Minnesota, to Maud Moon and Charles A. Weyerhaeuser. Carl was a man of art, literature,…
View More MCHS Announces New History Awards ProgramTo Spend Your Summer in Morrison County
My life in Morrison County began in May 1943 when I was born in St Gabriel’s hospital. Dr. GM Fortier delivered me. I have no…
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