Sarah McTaggart, her daughter, Ethel, and her son, Wesley, discuss her family's history; her husband's visit to Bemidji from Forest River, North Dakota; her husband's partnership with her brother-in-law, Earl Geil, to take over the Remore Hotel; what her husband built on; her husband's other carpenter work in town; their relationship with the Carson family; the Beltrami Eagle building; the interior of their hotel; how she traveled to Bemidji; her first impressions of the town; where Chief Bemidji lived; Mary Carson's milk delivery; encountering a Native American dance; Grandpa Nye's school; John Steidl's mill; John Smith; dances at the Malzahn building; Betsy and Freeman Doud; Theodore Snyder; their employees; how polite lumberjacks were; bedbugs; and early doctors and druggists. An unknown person assists Dr. Vandersluis with the interview. The recording, dated October 2, 1953, is continued in bchs121b.
Pairs of men march down the center of the street, rounding the corner with the "The Headlight" saloon at the intersection of Cedar Street and First Avenue. Each man is carrying an American Flag or small shovel. Eugene LaForce was the Proprieter of The Headlight.
This sound clip highlights Edwin and Ethel (Evans) Johnson of Malung on their 50th Wedding Anniversary. The Roseau County Historical Society prepared this radio script to share county history through broadcasts on KJ102 FM in Roseau. The topics highlight the history of Roseau County and the people that lived there.
This sound clip highlights the Leif Erickson Day celebration at Pinecreek in 1931 and a little history of the Hofrenning family The Roseau County Historical Society prepared this radio script to share county history through broadcasts on KJ102 FM in Roseau. The topics highlight the history of Roseau County and the people that lived there.
