Lillian French Baney discusses Bob Neving's stopping place; Bob Neving's second wife; the interior of her family's home; her family's neighbors; the separation of Clearwater and Beltrami counties; her first visit to Bemidji; surveyed routes for the Soo Line in her neighborhood; how the town of Leonard got its name; the polio and typhoid epidemics of 1911; the work her mother did in keeping the house and a stopping place; Thayer's stopping place; Omar Gravelle and his wife; her father's trade with Native Americans; and shipping out blueberries and snakeroot. The recording, dated October 3, 1955, is continued from bchs088a.
Wellington Schroeder discusses where he was born and his childhood home; coming to Minnesota on a train and seeing the largest flour mill in the world; his father's farm at Sanford, Minnesota; hauling supplies for logging camps near Grand Rapids; helping unload the first steel rails of the Deer River logging railroad; how much different men in the logging camps made; being barn boss for the teamsters at a logging camp; the poor logging conditions in 1892-93; the financial constraints of logging companies; ice fishing on Maple Lake; starting a store in Bemidji; coming to Bemidji from Osakis; early businesses in Bemidji; hauling supplies for his store from Park Rapids; his custom-made wagon; making a killing on flour; hauling money for a bank; fixing the roads as he passed over them; his route into tow; following lumber teams to know where it was safe to drive; and buying and shipping blueberries. The interview continues in BCHS 084a.
This sound clip highlights Abram and Mary (McLeod) Pratty, Hoy and May (Pratty) Hawley and Frank and Lena (Anderson) Hawley of Moranville and Clear River Twps. 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 Blueberry Picking on Bemis Hill written by Alice Lund. 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 Frank Hawley of Clear River Township Warroad and Sven and Magda Hoakanson of Moranville Township. 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 Frans and Alfhilda Elisa (Mellstrom) Grahn of Spruce Twp. 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.
