Survival in the Northern Wilderness: A mother's story--Part II
When against the wishes of her father Violet eloped with Orrah Kielczewski she never dreamed that she would be living off the land and...
Ol' Joe Part II
Ol’ Joe was appreciative when real horsepower was replaced by tractors, cars, trucks, boat motors and other gasoline contrivances but in...
Grand Mound
We're all kind of smug about history and our generations place in it, but how about the “Mound Builders”? They were here before the rest...
Judicial Ditching of Koochiching County
So you’re driving down either Minnesota State Highway 71 or 72 and you see ditches similar to small canals that run vertical to the...
Inexplicable Frank: Frank has it tough.
In late January of 1913 Frank wrote his family in Indiana that he was making progress but since last summer he had been short of breath...
Inexplicable Frank: Part 3 of a Pioneer Story
Frank and his son George lived eight miles south of Stratton, Ontario and on the way to their homesteads there were miles of muskeg and...
Inexplicable Frank: Part 2 of a Pioneer Story
Born in 1854 “Inexplicable Frank” arrived in Int’l. Falls in April of 1912 where he joined his 19 year old son George who had drifted to...
The Myth and the Man: Santa Claus
With the holiday season in full swing and Christmas only a few days away, it seemed only fitting to talk about some of the traditions and...
