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 XVIII
While repairing the roof of the houseboat, Violet fell through, just missing the cast iron box stove. She described the fall as terrible...
Survival in a Northern Wilderness: A Mother's Story--Part XVI
Mr. J. A. Matthew’s houseboat had eight rooms, a combination dining and living room, a small galley, a pump-room and bathroom downstairs...
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 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...
Mrs. Ham
Mrs. Ham didn't feel well and a pain in her abdomen was stern, so a concerned Mr. Ham somehow relayed word to Intl'l Falls that a do
