Survival in a Northern Wilderness: A Mother's Story--Part XI
Orrah had the fish-nets all laid out over flat rocks drying in the sun when the Canadian Mounted Police paid his family a visit. Orrah...
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 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 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...