Survival in a Northern Wilderness: A Mother's Story--Part X
Violet thought the Kettle River place situated on the shores of a big bay with long yellow beaches a beautiful location. The house...
Survival in a Northern Wilderness: A Mother's Story--Part IX
Orrah was tending his traps when he saw it; he thought it was a big bear but all he could see was the nose. His shot burned the bear’s...
Survival in a Northern Wilderness: A Mother's Story--Part VIII
It was late August in 1936 that the great forest fires started sweeping the country. It had been very hot and tinder dry, there would be...
Survival in a Northern Wilderness: A Mother's Story--Part VII
Orrah’s idea to live trap fox and then harvest them when the fur was prime was entrepreneurial, but it caused more work for Violet as she...
Survival in a Northern Wilderness: A Mother's Story--Part VI
Violet’s new little girl was named Elnora Margaret but because she thought it cute she was nicknamed “Tootsie”. With that nicknames...
Survival in the Wilderness: A Mother's Story--Part V
Orrah Jr. was so diminutive at birth he fit into the palm of his father’s hand. Orrah Junior’s physical development was slow, his legs...
Survival in the Northern Wilderness: A Mother's Story- Part IV
Violet and son Wesley came down with typhoid fever, twenty-one year old Violet was pregnant with her third child. Violet didn’t know...
Survival in the Northern Wilderness: A Mother's Story--Part III
Orrah Jr. was so diminutive at birth that he fit in the palm of his father’s hand, hands so tiny they were translucent. Orrah and Violet...
George Loman: A Man of Principle--Part 2
George and Mary Loman were pioneers but very progressive for their means and how they operated in those early days without funds was...
George Loman: A Man of Principle
56654 became their zip code and they indeed earned it. The folks who talked about George used reverential tones, held in high esteem by...
