Image of Dodge, a lumber or mining camp, set into a forested area. Note the stumps are waiting to be burned to level the land around the constructed buildings. May have been a lumber camp near Lake County, Minnesota.
Image of a group of men posing for a photograph outside of a large wooden building. A few carry large packs, some carry snow shoes. May have been a lumber camp identified as Dodge Camp near Lake County, Minnesota.
Schroeder Area Historical Society, Schroeder, Minnesota
Date Created:
2000-03-31
Description:
The oral history of James Tveekrem describes his Norwegian grandparents settling in the Thomasville section of Schroeder, Minnesota, living in the saloon of a lumber camp, death of father and uncle on Lake Superior, Schroeder, Minnesota,daily life of a kid, Rural Electrification Association, trapping, school on the North Shore of Lake Superior, Cook County, Minnesota, Minnesota college in Duluth, Minnesota, and bird banding in Schroeder, Minnesota.
View of winter log piles waiting at the landing to be hauled to the train. Photograph shows three horse drawn sleighs loaded with logs and several bystanders.
View of a logging camp in the woods in the winter. Log camp buildings are visible in the background as well as a number of horse-drawn sleds loaded with cut timber.
Postcard with photo of lumber camp and John Wolcott, Henry Campbell, Glen Campbell, Jack Wolcott, and Lloyd Wolcott, with message from Jack Wolcott to Mrs. J. W. Chace, St. Clair, Minnesota, postmarked Kelliher, Minnesota, Beltrami County
