The couple lived in a log cabin in Auburn their home was previously Trout Lake Dance Hall. At the onset of World War II, 'found themselves briefly immersed' in the wartime activities. He and his bride, nicknamed Rosa, spent their honeymoon in paddling a kayak on the Danube River. In 1939, Morgan married Emma Rose Northcutt at the Unitarian Universalist church where his father was minister. David Nicandri, Washington State History Museum director Personal life Murray might have held a chair in any of the distinguished professorships of history, but he reached more people on the subject of Northwest history than any other historian. Morgan taught history at Tacoma Community College. Among other topics, he wrote about the Alaska Gold Rush, the Columbia River, the Aleutian Islands. Some of his most noteworthy works are Skid Road, the 'longest-running Pacific Northwest book in print' which was written about Seattle in 1946 and Puget's Sound written about Tacoma.

He was a noted historian of the Pacific Northwest, particularly Puget Sound. He was also a radio personality for the Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS). Morgan was a journalist for the regional Hoquiam Daily Washingtonian and national news outlets, including Time and the New York Herald Tribune. Morgan attended Columbia University in New York, where he received a master's degree in communication. Morgan wrote an article about the prevalence of venereal disease among the university's students, which resulted in him being suspended. He attended the University of Washington and was editor for its paper, UW Daily. He graduated from Stadium High School in Tacoma in 1933. Henry published his wife's plays and his poetry. His father was a Unitarian Universalist minister and his mother wrote plays for the theater. His parents were Henry Victor Morgan and Adda Camille Layne Pearne Morgan. Murray Morgan was born Februin Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington.

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