Anna Tranberg Coen: A Life In Photographs
The life of Anna Tranberg Coen is simultaneously so fascinating and yet so painfully under-reported. Today, I will be attempting to stitch together the few…
Final Morrison County Influentials
Well, here they are. The last five Morrison County Influentials. It is hard to believe that we have come to the end. Mary and I…
View More Final Morrison County InfluentialsMuseum Closed Christmas Day
The Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Museum will be closed tomorrow – Christmas Day – in honor of the holiday. We will reopen on Friday, December…
View More Museum Closed Christmas DayMorrison County Influentials: 146-150
Can you believe it? We are down to our last 5 Morrison County Influentials. Once I describe last week’s Influentials, of course, which I’ll get…
View More Morrison County Influentials: 146-150Sulfur Shelf Mushroom
Can you see the face on the large mushroom above? It took my family and I a long time to notice. Oh, we saw all…
View More Sulfur Shelf MushroomMorrison County Influentials: 141-145
Last week’s Influentials: 136. Warren Woodworth (1923-2005). Artist. Warren Wesley Woodworth was a self-taught artist known mainly for his oil paintings. Woodworth considered himself to…
View More Morrison County Influentials: 141-145Minnesota Offical Marriage System
Many researchers are well aware of the Minnesota birth and death databases available online at the Minnesota Historical Society’s website. What has recently come to…
View More Minnesota Offical Marriage SystemGoodrich Family Resource
A friend of MCHS recently gave us information on a family history resource online – The Goodrich Family Association, which provides information on the descendents…
View More Goodrich Family ResourceMorrison County Influentials: 136-140
The Influentials from last week and how they were influential: 131. John C. “J.C.” Patience (1873-1972) – Long-time employee of Pine Tree Manufacturing Company and…
View More Morrison County Influentials: 136-140December Map of the Month
For this month’s map, we’ve chosen the earliest map in our collection that shows Morrison County. The map is a leaf from the book the…
View More December Map of the MonthMorrison County Influentials: 131-135
Last week’s Influentials: 126. Gilly Maus (1947- 2010). Musician, Farmer. Gilbert “Gilly” Maus was born in Little Falls, Minnesota, to Albert and Alma (Heinen) Maus.…
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