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?
I went out West to Idaho and Washington to do my show in Boise (soft s) and Spokane, and was surprised by how vibrant, bustling, handsome both cities are, and walked out onstage and sang Van Morrison’s “These are the days of the endless summer, these are the days, the time is now” and they seemed to like it okay, so I hummed a note and they sang “America the Beautiful” with me and then we did “The Battle Hymn of the Republic” for the Republicans in the crowd and they sang it full-out, four parts, and then, for contrast, “John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt” and we were on our way.It’s an age of dread, the news perpetually discouraging, TV and media merchandising ugliness, and either you join the Greek chorus of gloom or you go with the American choir of cheerful resolve, and I choose cheerfulness.
Question: I am thinking about loading up the kayak onto the roof of my car.
March and April, key months for Water Watchers eyeing snow and water levels wondering which way to move dam steering wheels.
Gina Finstad Erickson recalled that their 16 X 20-foot house was divided into rooms by curtains and all the children had double deck bunk beds.