Memory, Time, History 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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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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The Trading Post in Warroad
City limits. Image credit: Warroad Folk School
There used to be a building made of logs near the lakefront in Warroad they called the “Trading Post.” I can’t find any photographs of this place of which I have such vivid childhood memories....
In conversation with Don Kakaygeesick on publication day of The Land of Everlasting Sky
Today is the day!
The official publication date of The Land of Everlasting Sky: A Memoir of Loss and Legacy on Lake of the Woods. I’m thrilled to see this book bring to light this little known history of Kakaygeesick, his land allotment,...
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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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