Mike Hanson

Traveling road shows came to Koochiching County as soon as roads made the area accessible, and the population was large enough to fill the local halls for two or three nights.

At the turn of the Twentieth Century the impact of isolation could be easily interrupted and is reflected in how little it took to entertain the pioneers.

Annie Shelland, the first do it all Koochiching School superintendent, recalled a Fourth of July when 30 people showed up at one farm; many had not met until that day.

In the early 1900s, planting crops in Koochiching was fraught with potential adventures, just ask Samuel Plummer.

The anticipated completion of a power plant and paper mill as well as the arrival of the railroad caused inflation to occur naturally, and land prices escalated as well as initial speculation of the rising value per acre.

In mid-1906 Mr.

A story that may best illustrate the struggle feeding the settler livestock may be the adventure of Michael Peggar.

The earliest settlers in Koochiching that turned to farming were in constant search of a market and were grateful when they could sell potatoes and other vegetables to the lumber mills or to the construction crews in the Falls for 25 cents to $1 a bushel.There were transportation issues: how do you get the produce to market without capsizing in the summer, getting stuck in both the spring and fall or the cold of winter?

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