Little Falls Christmas Tours – 2025
Once again, the Morrison County Historical Society will be taking part in the annual Little Falls Christmas Tours. We will be featuring The Nutcracker Suite.…
The Artisans Draw Hats
During last Saturday’s Artisans meeting at the Weyerhaeuser Museum, Executive Director Jan Warner engaged the group in drawing hats amid an impromptu exhibit of hats…
View More The Artisans Draw HatsCollections Carousel – Sand Sisters Picture Hat, Circa 1906
This gorgeous black picture hat was made by the Sand Sisters of Little Falls, Minnesota. The Sand Sisters consisted of Mary, Eugenia and Josephine Sand,…
View More Collections Carousel – Sand Sisters Picture Hat, Circa 1906Credit Cards Now Taken On-Site
We have exciting news that’s been a long time coming at the Weyerhaeuser Museum. We’ve wanted to be able to accept credit and debit cards…
View More Credit Cards Now Taken On-SiteRicky Turner Catering MCHS Annual Dinner
There is nothing like a mistake to get people’s attention. (Perhaps we should make them more often. 😉 ) When I did the layout of…
View More Ricky Turner Catering MCHS Annual DinnerCollections 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 IX