Survival in a Northern Wilderness: A Mother's Story--Part XLIII
Violet was just going out the door when the phone rang, it was a hot day in August of 1981. It was her daughter-in-law Mardell in Orr,...
Survival in a Northern Wilderness: A Mother's Story--Part XXXII
The Fort Frances Times reported that The S.S.Clipper was towed to the Falls River by a large boat after it had hit a reef in the Ranier...
Survival in a Northern Wilderness: A Mother's Story--Part XXXI
The bear hit the ground, Orrah said she moved like lightning and was roaring like thunder. It seemed like slow motion as he got his 763...
Survival in a Northern Wilderness: A Mother's Story--Part XXX
A gift of $150 from son Wesley allowed Violet to buy a new piano, but it didn’t come with a bench. Wes decided he would build one and...
Survival in a Northern Wilderness: A Mother's Story--Part XXIX
It was early June of 1952 and Violet was expecting a new addition to the family but didn’t show it; however she never showed with any of...
Survival in a Northern Wilderness: A Mother's Story--Part XXVIII
It had been four years since Orrah told Wesley that they did not need a team of horses, including harnesses, that he could have purchased...
Survival in a Northern Wilderness: A Mother's Story--Part XXVII
Violet had a proverbial laundry list of things to do before winter set in but Orrah kept pestering her to go out on the trap line with...
Survival in a Northern Wilderness: A Mother's Story-- Part XXVI
Violet’s boys took jobs guiding tourists during the summer, however, the girls were not allowed to participate in any work outside the...
Survival in a Northern Wilderness: A Mother's Story--Part XXV
Violet was badly hurt when daughter Elnora was chopping clods of frozen sawdust with an unusually sharp grub hoe to cover their summer...
