Survival in a Northern Wilderness: A Mother's Story--Part XV
The two young hired men not only jumped ship taking a good portion of what was left of their summers grubstake. The desertion was the...
Survival in a Northern Wilderness--A Mother's Story: Part XIV
According to Violet, when she was getting ready for school lessons. “all hell broke loose” and she lost the battle to teach her children....
Survival in a Northern Wilderness: A Mother's Story--Part XIII
In 1938 the Canadian Government started paying each family money for each child that they had, Orrah would not let Violet have any. ...
Survival in a Northern Wilderness: A Mother's Story--Part XII
Orrah almost never did any remodeling or ever built anything such as tables, benches or bunks, but never stopped Violet from doing so and...
Survival in a Northern Wilderness: A Mother's Story--Part XI
Orrah had the fish-nets all laid out over flat rocks drying in the sun when the Canadian Mounted Police paid his family a visit. Orrah...
Survival in a Northern Wilderness: A Mother's Story--Part X
Violet thought the Kettle River place situated on the shores of a big bay with long yellow beaches a beautiful location. The house...
Survival in a Northern Wilderness: A Mother's Story--Part IX
Orrah was tending his traps when he saw it; he thought it was a big bear but all he could see was the nose. His shot burned the bear’s...
Survival in a Northern Wilderness: A Mother's Story--Part VIII
It was late August in 1936 that the great forest fires started sweeping the country. It had been very hot and tinder dry, there would be...
Survival in a Northern Wilderness: A Mother's Story--Part VII
Orrah’s idea to live trap fox and then harvest them when the fur was prime was entrepreneurial, but it caused more work for Violet as she...
Survival in a Northern Wilderness: A Mother's Story--Part VI
Violet’s new little girl was named Elnora Margaret but because she thought it cute she was nicknamed “Tootsie”. With that nicknames...
