Collections 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…

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Fair 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…

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New 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:…

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Collections 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…

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Collections 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…

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Collections 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,…

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Early 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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