Mike Hanson

The Earley Family has impacted the International Fall area for many years, multiple generations.

And then there is Contemporary History.

Jennie Rasmussen delighted in spilling the beans about the all the good meals of fish they had; they prepared whitefish fresh or smoked and naturally walleye.

Samuel Plummer generally carried a gun when he went to the field, even when hilling potatoes, he kept an eye out for deer.

Many Homesteaders who came to our area in many cases felt “Nature will provide sustenance;” seldom did the “free harvest” not require sustainable effort.Every spring, children worked with their parents in the maple syrup harvest.

The West Fork of the Black River Literary Society is set to usher in 2024 and say farewell to 2023 when they meet the last week of December between the holidays to celebrate the inner poet elegy’s of the year passing and the adventure of the next 12 magic months to come.

This is a story about Emil and his cows.

As the news spread in 1905 that a dam for water power was to be built at Koochiching Falls land prices reacted in the area, particularly near streams capable of carrying logs to the Falls.

The Koochiching County area has a compiled history that is not of everyday conversation, most of which you don’t know.Did you know that there are Indian petroglyphs?

The charismatic emblem of the West Fork of the Black River Literary Society is the owl an icon known for staying up all night.