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...
Survival in the Northern Wilderness: A mother's story
Violet was born July 9th. 1903. It would seem to be an indication of her family’s financial straits when as a 6 years old she floundered...
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 and George get Horses.
In 1912 Frank wrote to his brother Scott in Indiana that Winter had been temporary postponed by a splendid Fall. Frank had got his house...
Inexplicable Frank: A Pioneer Story
It takes some musing and gauzy imagination to come to a realization that where we live was once one of America’s last frontiers, yeah...