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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...