Charlies A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Museum wooden sign. Above title (written in white on dark wood) is a triangle header of lighter wood containing a white pine tree. Below the dark wood is more of the light wood from top and on it in dark writing is "Morrison County Historical Society"

We Want Your Weyerhaeuser Memories!

This year, our organization is celebrating two big milestones. First, 2026 is the 90th anniversary of the Morrison County Historical Society, founded July 28th, 1936…

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Content from the 1892 Little Falls directory.

On City Directories…

Founded in 1870 in Detroit, Michigan, the R.L. Polk Company – named after its founder, Ralph Lane Polk – was the premiere publisher of informational…

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Four beige colored books with string binding standing upright on wood easel. All say "Musical Art Club" and the first three have a small logo of an "A' and "C" inside a capital "M." The fonts are varying but all proper. "Little Falls, Minnesota is in italics beneath the first three programs. Below that are the dates in this order: 1921-1922; 1920-1921; and 1918-1919/1919-1920 [both on one].

Collections Carousel: Musical Art Club Program Booklets

In fall 1911, Little Falls music teacher Mrs. Maybelle Brannan gathered over eighty local women to organize a club dedicated to promoting “interest in music…

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Remembering Alice Smuda

Alice Smuda a volunteer with a long history of working for the museum from 1999 until her retirement in 2017, passed away Monday after weeks…

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Three stacks of large newspaper bounds against a window in winter. First and third pile has 12 books, the middle has 11

ALL CLAIMED: “Little Falls Daily Transcript” bound volumes!

UPDATE JUNE 5 – The Little Falls Daily Transcript books have all been claimed. You can still view these papers for free by visiting the…

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Construction Update Page 2.0

CONSTRUCTION UPDATE PAGE 2.0 WEEKLY TIME LAPSE Week 7 (April 28-May 1, 2026) FRIDAY, MAY 29 At this point, there are a couple of minor…

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Matt Crowder in white shirt and dark pants stands in doorway of Crowder's station. black and white photo

What I Found in 3000 Photos

Back in October 2024, MCHS enlisted me to create a comprehensive database for their Uncommon Focus collection. The project began in 2003 with the goal…

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Hennepin Paper Company Video Debuts on YouTube

A nearly one-hour long video about Hennepin Paper Company has debuted on YouTube.  Mark Slupe, who formerly worked at Great River Arts and developed several…

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Collections Carousel: Will YOU Let Thomas A. Edison Entertain YOU in YOUR Home?

My strongest vice is my record collection. I love buying special editions of my favorite albums, well-loved used copies from thrift stores, weird little one-off…

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Light hitting the mural appearing on the side of Pete and Joy's bakery in Little Falls

Now Open: More Good People of Morrison County

The return of Anthony Marchetti’s “Good People of Morrison County” project is now open to the public! Come by anytime during our open hours Wed-Fri…

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