A D.M. & I.R. train loaded with limestone departing Missabe Jct in Duluth headed for Proctor. Diesel locomotives 134, 144 & 143 pulling about 40 cars. I-35 is in the background.
George Kerr and Charlie Wight discuss railroad management; the railroad's engines; Pine Tree Lumber Company; the St. Anthony Lumber Company; a line to Moccasin Lake; a wagon road from Lothrop to Emily; various landing works; Spur 75; the Brainerd and Northern Minnesota railroad; railroad landings; area train wrecks; the railroad's survey through a residential area of Bemidji; Turtle River; and Tenstrike. Kerr appears to be reading from a document written by himself earlier. The interview is continued from BCHS120a.
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.
Several people are on main street, the train and the circus are in town with large tents set up. Many of the business men lived with their families above their stores. Some of these families got to the second floor by outside steps.
This sound clip highlights Alma Marie Lee as a Prisoner of WW II held by the Germans. 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.
This sound clip highlights John and Josephine (Helseth) Aasen of Reine 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.
This sound clip highlights the Claus and Dorothea 'Dora' (Asmus) Goos family of Malung 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.
This sound clip highlights the John and Anna Kristina Haglund (Jons Jonsson) family of Roseau. 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.
