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2020 Ojibwe Culture Series at the Weyerhaeuser Museum
NOTE – April 16, 2020: Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, changes may be made to the Ojibwe Culture Series. Vern Northrup’s book talk on May…
View More 2020 Ojibwe Culture Series at the Weyerhaeuser MuseumStone Rubbing Class & Cemetery Talk
Calvary Cemetery in Little Falls, Minnesota, is the final resting place of Nathan Richardson, Father of Morrison County. Join the Morrison County Historical Society on…
View More Stone Rubbing Class & Cemetery TalkKind Words for the Morrison County Historical Society
In August 2016, we at the Morrison County Historical Society were surprised and pleased to receive a letter from the Institute for Museum and Library…
View More Kind Words for the Morrison County Historical SocietyCollections Carousel – First National Bank of Little Falls Coin Bank
Established in 1889, the First National Bank of Little Falls, Minnesota, was the first national bank to be organized in Morrison County. The bank’s founding…
View More Collections Carousel – First National Bank of Little Falls Coin BankCollections Carousel – Swanville’s McRae Brothers and George W. Friedrich Park
While doing research for the Stearns History Museum on George W. Friedrich Park, a natural conservation area in southeast St. Cloud, Minnesota, that is eligible…
View More Collections Carousel – Swanville’s McRae Brothers and George W. Friedrich Park#Weymu40 – The Fountain
After The Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Museum opened in 1975, continual improvements were made to the museum grounds and the building. One of those improvements…
View More #Weymu40 – The Fountain#Weymu40 – The Museum’s Namesake
The Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Museum is named for lumberman Charles A. Weyerhaeuser, who, along with his business partner Richard “Drew” Musser, ran the Pine…
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Great care was taken in designing The Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Museum. The building’s architect was Foster Dunwiddie of Miller-Dunwiddie, Inc. —– Celebrating the 40th…
View More #Weymu40 – The Museum’s ArchitectCollections 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…
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