The River Connects Us
The Morrison County Historical Society invites the public to enjoy its current temporary exhibit, The River Connects Us, a photographic display that explores life and…
Another online resource has come to our attention, this one via the Minnesota Historical Society’s Local History News e-newsletter. The Atlas of Historical County Boundaries…
View More Atlas of Historical County BoundariesI’ve been researching the construction of the Highway 10/371 bypass around Little Falls, patiently flipping through each issue of the Little Falls Daily Transcript between…
View More Newspaper Research TipThe Odd Shop got its start in 1929 when Ida Caroline McCauley and her niece, Clara (McCauley) Guerin, organized the Guerin McCauley Company. The company…
View More Collections Carousel – The Odd Shop BagIn November 2008 the citizens of Minnesota voted to pass the Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment as part of the Minnesota Constitution. The Legacy…
View More Legacy Funding Input MeetingsI had a call this morning from a researcher wanting a timeline of events from the past several decades. The researcher didn’t want a timeline…
View More “Year by Year” Events in HistoryWhile doing research for an upcoming newsletter article, I found another interesting online resource. This one shows digitized images of early Minnesota maps down to…
View More Online Resource for Early Minnesota MapsThis small pale pink plastic spoon from the Dairy Queen in Little Falls, Minnesota, was manufactured by Lind Plastic Products of Chicago, Illinois. The spoon…
View More Collections Carousel – Dairy Queen SpoonI’m currently researching the construction of the Highway 10 / 371 bypass around Little Falls, Minnesota. The process seems to have been long and involved,…
View More Spooky Coincidences All Too CommonThis slick-looking four-door Chrysler sedan, shown on Broadway Avenue East in Little Falls, Minnesota, is decked out with advertising for a fairly new restaurant in…
View More Collections Carousel – Little Falls Dairy Queen Parade CarI’m conducting research for a future newsletter story and part of that research includes looking at past severe weather events. As it turns out, the…
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