Holiday Hours – Closing Early Today
Due to the snow, The Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Museum is closing early today (December 24). We’ll be closing at noon and the museum will…
View More Holiday Hours – Closing Early TodayCollections Carousel – Metal Christmas Tree Candle Holders
These beautiful metal candle holders were once used to decorate a local Christmas Tree. Invented in 1879, the spring-clip design was a marked safety improvement…
View More Collections Carousel – Metal Christmas Tree Candle HoldersFair Warning – Museum Closed for Holidays
Wanted to give everyone fair warning – the Weyerhaeuser Museum will be closed on Christmas Day and on New Year’s Day. Because Christmas is on…
View More Fair Warning – Museum Closed for HolidaysHoliday Gift Membership
Looking for a great gift idea? Consider a gift membership with the Morrison County Historical Society (MCHS). Benefits of membership include the MCHS quarterly newsletter,…
View More Holiday Gift MembershipNew Cemetery Indexes Available
One of our faithful Documenting Morrison County Deaths volunteers, Kathy D., just dropped off three new cemetery indexes. She has indexed the two Freedhem cemeteries:…
View More New Cemetery Indexes AvailableNew History Articles Added
I just finished adding 3 new articles to the History section of our website. Check out Hobson’s Anti Skeeter to put you in the mood…
View More New History Articles AddedCollections Carousel – Sarah Gibson vs. Mississippi & Rum River Boom Company
One of the recent additions to the photograph collection at the Morrison County Historical Society (MCHS) are thirteen photographs from what appears to have been…
View More Collections Carousel – Sarah Gibson vs. Mississippi & Rum River Boom CompanyCollections Carousel – Little Falls High School Class of 1925
One of six pages from a photograph album that serves as the yearbook for the Little Falls High School Class of 1925, this page shows…
View More Collections Carousel – Little Falls High School Class of 1925Collections Carousel – Harry Washington Carlile
This formal portrait shows a half-length view of Harry Washington Carlile (1886-1964), second husband of Anna Marie Newman (http://morrisoncountyhistory.org/?p=1645). Looking dapper in his top hat,…
View More Collections Carousel – Harry Washington CarlileEarly Accidental Anthropology
One of the fascinating things about the old newspapers we have on file is their local news columns. They are filled with random tidbits that…
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