Museum Manager Wanted
The Morrison County Historical Society seeks an energetic and customer-service oriented individual for the position of Museum Manager for the Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Museum…
Collections Carousel – George Sprandel’s Snowshoes
Educator and avid outdoorsman, George Washington Sprandel, was born in Little Falls, Minnesota, on February 22, 1905, to Charles August (C. A.) and Mathilda (Becker)…
View More Collections Carousel – George Sprandel’s SnowshoesRoyalton Mayors List
After a considerable amount of work, our Curator of Collections, Ann Marie Johnson, has finished compiling a list of Royalton mayors. We’ve added this list…
View More Royalton Mayors ListCreameries Focus of MCHS Annual Dinner
The creamery was the heart of small communities around Morrison County throughout the late 1800s and well into the 1900s. Farm families made regular trips…
View More Creameries Focus of MCHS Annual DinnerBirch Lake Camps
I often find interesting short items in the old local newspapers that are too good not to share. Typically I find a way to use…
View More Birch Lake CampsBert Rudie – Part X
Horses We had this one white horse – kind of speckled gray — dirty looking gray. He was getting to be an old horse, and…
View More Bert Rudie – Part XBert Rudie – Part IX
Partying I remember whenever there was celebration like for somebody’s wedding, they had parties and they’d wind up at the dances in Elmdale. They had…
View More Bert Rudie – Part IXBert Rudie – Part VIII
Larry Litchy’s Chrysler I vaguely remember when I was around seven, maybe eight years old, Lawrence Litchy used to cook moonshine. I remember he came…
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The Happy Farmer On the farm we had horses to do all of the field work. I used to have to cultivate and plow everything…
View More Bert Rudie – Part VIIBert Rudie – Part VI
In 1932, the Dort I remember when I was just a little guy – I must have been maybe five- or six-years old and my…
View More Bert Rudie – Part VIBert Rudie – Part V
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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