John Ross Slack The history of early logging days often was filled with rivalries and bitter contests over control of the logs and the rivers that provided transportation. I suspect that cussing was at a premium when John Ross Slack was the “River Boss” for the Engler Company; its rival was the Backus-Brooks operation of International Falls.
So how long ago did the first non-native explorers first view the cauldron that became Koochiching Falls? If you guessed 1658, you’re a candidate for… Login to continue reading Login…
So, it’s 1909 and a proposal for a new mill that would manufacture paper in International Falls was being floated. What would you expound on… Login to continue reading Login…
More ruminations of Arlie Sanne and Cecilla Anderson who worked under Koochiching County’s first School Superintendent Miss Annie Shelland in the 10 school Birchdale consolidated… Login to continue reading Login…
After graduating from high school, Arlie Sante spent a year at the University of Minnesota with the goal of preparing for principalship of a consolidated… Login to continue reading Login…
In 1901 Harold Westover was born in a log cabin, his father a homesteader, his mother only one of three white women living between the Sioux and Manitou rapids Indian reservations. Harold noted that at time there was a population that registered many bachelors and not many ladies. He also iterated there was no such thing as bakery bread and that folks ate pancakes and bannock which he described at a thicker pancake dough baked in an oven.
Corinne Jonson It was March of 1923, Corinne was 9 years old, her brothers, 5 and 2. Their parents decided to emigrate, and they left their homeland Dalarna, Sweden, on what she termed as a “stormy voyage” from Gothenburg that lasted almost three weeks before they arrived in New York City.
At one time Fairland, Minn., was among other area communities that were considered for the county seat when Koochiching was formed. Mirriam Ollikkala’s first year of teaching was 1935-1936, The Fairland School was located about 25 miles south and west of Loman on the Black River Road.
ABOUT HISTORY In May of 1987, these folks were well-seasoned and all of similar vintage, and reminisced and tested their memories while ruminating about what befell them. Glen remembered when as a youth living on the banks of the Rainy River; each spring he would sit on the banks of the river and watch the ice go out.