On Lake of the Woods
Jill Swenson, Katherine Brodt, Jennifer JonesJoin me for a weekly glimpse into the history of this place where my great-grandparents homesteaded on Ojibway land near Lake of the Woods on the Canadian border.
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Every kid gets two nickels
In 1932, George Marvin of Marvin Cedar & Lumber Company started a Warroad tradition that continues today. On the Fourth of July, kids in Warroad get nickels.
July Fourth Warroad Program. Displayed in the Marvin Warroad Center.
“If you ha...
Eddy Cobiness (1933-1996): Artist of the Woodlands School
Eddy Cobiness holding his portrait of Kakaygeesick. Professional Native Indian Artists Inc. Group of Seven, MacKenzie Art Gallery. Friesens, Altona, Mb. 2019
Warroad, Minnesota, is the hometown of five artists known in the international ar...
Catching Dad's gaze in the rear-view mirror
Mississippi River running through Minneapolis. Photo credit: NPS/Gordon Dietzman, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
“Em-eye crooked-letter crooked-letter eye crooked-letter crooked-letter eye humpback humpback eye.”
Dad chanted this e...
Lamplighters on Lake of the Woods
A lamplighter sets navigation buoys on the lake in the spring, maintains them during the summer, and retrieves them in the fall before the lake freezes over. Everyone depends on the buoys on Lake of the Woods with its 65,000 miles of shorel...
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Author of forthcoming THE LAND OF EVERLASTING SKY: A MEMOIR OF LOSS AND LEGACY ON LAKE OF THE WOODS (June 2026 from She Writes Press)
I'm a historian, writer, and researcher with a knack (and passion) for finding and telling interesting stories.
Australian family historian and passionate amateur genealogist, researching for over 40 years and sharing stories from my family’s past.
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