History
The Morrison County Historical Society was formed in 1936 as an outgrowth of a Works Progress Administration project to collect oral histories from county residents. This was the height of the Great Depression and the oral history project put a number of people to work, including Val Kasparek, who headed up the project and became the first president of MCHS. The first home of MCHS was in the basement of the Historic Morrison County Courthouse. The historical society ran out of space for collections and set about to create a new home. The result of this effort was a new museum built on the west bank of the Mississippi River, just above the confluence of Pike Creek. The museum was designed by architect Foster Dunwiddie. It opened in 1975 and was named The Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Museum in honor of the lumberman who was general manager of the Pine Tree Lumber Company in Little Falls from 1890-1920.
Specialties
The Morrison County Historical Society is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the preservation and sharing of Morrison County's history. It owns and operates The Charles A. Weyerhaeuser Memorial Museum in Little Falls, MN. The museum features county history exhibits and research resources that help visitors learn about county and family history.