Silas Carter discusses his background before coming to the area; his father's experience as a contractor in Princeton; his father's homestead on Mille Lacs; his early job in logging on the Rum River; how logs were marked; how logs were sorted; how dams helped in a log drive; the [Quayle?] brothers; his role helping find bodies and secure homes after the Hinckley fire; naming Isle; and carrying the mail from Mora to Isle. The recording is continued in bchs078b
Seen here stamping children's books for checkout, Robin Suhsen was the Princeton Area Branch Librarian from 1987 to 2015, Princeton, Minnesota. Founded in 1959, ECRL is the oldest existing regional public library system in Minnesota. Headquartered in Cambridge, it is a consolidated library system with 14 libraries and Outreach Services and serves residents in Aitkin, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, and Pine counties.
