WEBVTT 00:10.443 --> 00:13.480 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Lakeland Public Television presents Common Ground 00:13.480 --> 00:16.583 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% brought to you by the MInnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund 00:16.583 --> 00:19.619 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% and the citizens of Minnesota. 00:19.619 --> 00:22.655 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% ♪ ♪ 00:22.655 --> 00:25.658 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% ♪ ♪ 00:25.658 --> 00:28.695 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% ♪ ♪ 00:28.695 --> 00:31.698 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% ♪ ♪ 00:31.698 --> 00:34.701 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% ♪ ♪ 00:34.701 --> 00:37.737 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% ♪ ♪ 00:37.737 --> 00:40.740 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% ♪ ♪ 00:40.740 --> 00:43.777 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% ♪ ♪ 00:43.777 --> 00:46.813 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% ♪ ♪ 00:46.813 --> 00:49.983 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% Hi! Welcome to Common Ground 00:49.983 --> 00:53.153 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% I'm your host Scott Knudson. On this episode join 00:53.153 --> 00:56.022 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% author and historian Rhonda Fochs as she takes us on a tour 00:56.022 --> 00:59.125 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% of Lincoln and Buena Vista. Two of MInnesota's 00:59.125 --> 01:02.228 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% many lost towns. 01:02.228 --> 01:05.231 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% ♪ ♪ 01:05.231 --> 01:08.234 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% ♪ ♪ 01:08.234 --> 01:10.870 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% ♪ ♪ 01:20.346 --> 01:23.450 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% As a history teacher I never cared about dates. 01:23.450 --> 01:26.586 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% I always wanted to tell the story of why 01:26.586 --> 01:29.522 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% people did this and how it affected their lives and stuff. 01:29.522 --> 01:32.659 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% And that's what I wanted to kind do with that. 01:32.659 --> 01:35.829 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% But I wanted to tell how it affected 01:35.829 --> 01:38.932 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% people lives. I wanted to tell the stories 01:38.932 --> 01:41.968 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Today we are in the town of Lincoln, Minnesota 01:41.968 --> 01:45.004 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% which is a lost town in Morrison county. 01:45.004 --> 01:48.141 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% The town of Lincoln was actually platted in about 1893. 01:48.141 --> 01:51.111 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% It's a small town that was once 01:51.111 --> 01:54.080 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% thriving. And today we're there actually having 01:54.080 --> 01:57.083 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% a book launch party and a community church social. 01:57.083 --> 02:00.220 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% at the old 102 year old Lincoln Community Church. 02:00.220 --> 02:03.289 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% Hi. Nice to see 02:03.289 --> 02:06.392 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% you guys again. Sure we heard you had this wonderful book. 02:06.392 --> 02:09.696 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% of our town. Actually it really turned out really well. 02:09.696 --> 02:12.799 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% So I think they have a lot of nice mixPPof pictures and stuff. Wouldppyou like to 02:12.799 --> 02:15.735 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% copy. I certainly would. Well let me get you one to sign back here. 02:15.735 --> 02:18.771 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% My book is called Minnesota's Lost Towns and it's the northern 02:18.771 --> 02:21.908 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% edition. It covers about the top 40 counties. 02:21.908 --> 02:25.078 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% of Minnesota. All the way from about Morrison county 02:25.078 --> 02:28.014 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% north to the Canadian border. East to west borders. 02:28.014 --> 02:31.050 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% It covers nearly 150 02:31.050 --> 02:34.187 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% but more like about 135 02:34.187 --> 02:37.290 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% lost towns. They're fun to read 02:37.290 --> 02:40.126 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% narratives. I focused on the stories on the people and the places 02:40.126 --> 02:43.229 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% rather than the academic history. The book is based 02:43.229 --> 02:46.466 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% on solid research. Everything in the book was in the 02:46.466 --> 02:49.169 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% records. Some towns left a great deal of information behind 02:49.169 --> 02:52.572 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% some towns not so much. Everything in the book I wanted 02:52.572 --> 02:55.542 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% it to be historically accurate. Covers it 02:55.542 --> 02:58.511 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% county by county. A couple of towns in each county. 02:58.511 --> 03:01.748 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% at least. But again it tells the story of the people and the places. 03:01.748 --> 03:04.751 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% of northern Minnesota. Towns that were once 03:04.751 --> 03:07.887 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% thriving had a post office, a retail center, 03:07.887 --> 03:10.723 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% a real community feel and now pretty much 03:10.723 --> 03:13.960 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% are non existent as a town. 03:13.960 --> 03:16.996 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Some of the towns survived in the area names. 03:16.996 --> 03:19.933 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Many of them left behind school buildings, town halls, cemeteries. 03:19.933 --> 03:23.203 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and a rural population. And some buildings 03:23.203 --> 03:26.206 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% foundations, barren land. But basically it tells the story 03:26.206 --> 03:29.409 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% of the long ago towns that were once thriving and now are just memories 03:29.409 --> 03:32.345 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% in people's minds and hearts. That was one of the harder parts 03:32.345 --> 03:35.415 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% of the book is to determine exactly what a lost town was. 03:35.415 --> 03:38.284 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Because Minnesota's lost towns are different. 03:38.284 --> 03:41.354 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% There not the wild west images of dusty tumbleweeds. 03:41.354 --> 03:44.290 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% strewn streets. We're more the 03:44.290 --> 03:47.427 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% packed up moved away kind of variety or left to fade 03:47.427 --> 03:50.563 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% to the elements. When I finally came up with the definition that I liked 03:50.563 --> 03:53.533 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% is a town that was once thriving but no longer 03:53.533 --> 03:56.669 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% exists as a viable town. It still may 03:56.669 --> 03:59.672 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% be an area name. It still l may have a rural population 03:59.672 --> 04:02.742 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% but it's a town that is once thriving with 04:02.742 --> 04:05.778 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% a thriving community that no longer exists as a town. 04:05.778 --> 04:08.915 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% The reason I got interested in 04:08.915 --> 04:11.951 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% lost towns is my grandparents had homesteaded in Montana 04:11.951 --> 04:15.088 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% in the early 1900's. In a little 04:15.088 --> 04:18.024 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% east Montana town called Purewater, MT. 04:18.024 --> 04:21.194 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% And my grandmother would tell me stories about the town and 04:21.194 --> 04:24.197 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% basically after about 10 years the town just ceased to exist. Nothing 04:24.197 --> 04:27.166 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% left. Also my aunt in Wisconsin has property 04:27.166 --> 04:30.303 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% on which the town of Emerson, WI once sat. 04:30.303 --> 04:33.239 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% And that was a logging town in the late 04:33.239 --> 04:36.009 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% 1890's that was destroyed by tornado and fire 04:36.009 --> 04:39.279 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% afterwards. When we were younger we would 04:39.279 --> 04:42.515 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% crawl around and dig through the depressions and find 04:42.515 --> 04:45.585 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% old things. As I got older 04:45.585 --> 04:48.621 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% I moved up to an area, Lincoln, MN that was once 04:48.621 --> 04:51.457 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% a thriving town. I was just fascinated with the story. 04:51.457 --> 04:54.827 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Lincoln basically started out as a railroad town. In those days 04:54.827 --> 04:57.864 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% you had to have a town about every 8 miles because 04:57.864 --> 05:01.034 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% it was considered the ideal round trip distance 05:01.034 --> 05:04.103 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% for a farmer to bring his products to market. 05:04.103 --> 05:07.140 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% And the train depot would stop here and bring passengers from the 05:07.140 --> 05:10.343 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Twin Cities or points away from here. They would 05:10.343 --> 05:13.379 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% come here for the weekend to fish and enjoy the lakes. 05:13.379 --> 05:16.316 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Also another one on the North Shore of Minnesota, Tacconite Harbor. 05:16.316 --> 05:19.485 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% I always thought lost towns were long ago towns, 05:19.485 --> 05:22.555 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% but Tacconite Harbor was built in the 1950's 05:22.555 --> 05:25.591 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and died in the 1990's. It lived within my lifetime 05:25.591 --> 05:28.528 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% So I was always fascinated by those stories. 05:28.528 --> 05:31.764 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% The older I got 05:31.764 --> 05:34.934 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% I thought this history is great and people today 05:34.934 --> 05:37.970 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% want that connection and we all have that connection 05:37.970 --> 05:41.007 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% to these areas that are lost to history. 05:41.007 --> 05:44.010 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% I want to share the stories of the people and the places 05:44.010 --> 05:46.779 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% of Minnesota past. 05:50.149 --> 05:53.286 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% Our church was built in 1912. 05:53.286 --> 05:56.489 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% We're a hundred years old. 05:56.489 --> 05:59.559 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% And back in 05:59.559 --> 06:02.628 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% 1910 or 1911 my grandfather came to 06:02.628 --> 06:05.732 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% Lincoln in 1910. Lincoln didn't have 06:05.732 --> 06:08.801 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% a church. They used to have church services 06:08.801 --> 06:12.004 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% in the old hotel in the dinning room. And so 06:12.004 --> 06:14.974 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% if there was a minister or a rabbi or 06:14.974 --> 06:18.177 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% a priest that came through on the train. They would 06:18.177 --> 06:21.214 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% have church services whatever denomination 06:21.214 --> 06:24.250 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% in the dinning room at that old hotel. 06:24.250 --> 06:27.286 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% And that's how this came about. 06:27.286 --> 06:30.423 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% So my grandfather gave an acre. 06:30.423 --> 06:33.226 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% He owned all of this property back then. And this started out 06:33.226 --> 06:36.496 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% to be the Lutheran church. And it has been 06:36.496 --> 06:39.532 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% a Presbyterian denomination. 06:39.532 --> 06:42.735 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and I don't know if it was any other 06:42.735 --> 06:45.905 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% or not over the years. Evangelical Free. 06:45.905 --> 06:48.908 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Oh yeah, Evangelical Free too and then they 06:48.908 --> 06:52.011 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% wasn't enough room and they built the one that's up 06:52.011 --> 06:54.947 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% on the corner. My father was 06:54.947 --> 06:57.984 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% Joe Dubbels Sr. He came to this 06:57.984 --> 07:01.154 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% country in 1911. 07:01.154 --> 07:04.123 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% He was preceded by my Uncle John. 07:04.123 --> 07:07.360 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% And they farmed 07:07.360 --> 07:10.463 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% together as 07:10.463 --> 07:13.466 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% like amount of farms at that time. 07:13.466 --> 07:16.669 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% And they also 07:16.669 --> 07:19.672 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% were a part and parcel of working on this 07:19.672 --> 07:22.809 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% church when it was built. 07:22.809 --> 07:25.912 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% As I've said before they were Lutheran by 07:25.912 --> 07:28.848 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% denomination, they didn't mind working 07:28.848 --> 07:32.018 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% on Presbyterian church. 07:32.018 --> 07:35.021 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Just so they could have local services. 07:35.021 --> 07:38.224 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% When I was a kid going to school. 07:38.224 --> 07:41.260 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% all this woods that's off to left 07:41.260 --> 07:44.363 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% was just very few trees. It was quite open 07:44.363 --> 07:47.500 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% at that time. You could see the school from here. 07:47.500 --> 07:50.636 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% Now it's completely 07:50.636 --> 07:53.673 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% enclosed in woods. 07:53.673 --> 07:56.709 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% And that was always the church pond. 07:56.709 --> 07:59.879 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% But since that railroad 07:59.879 --> 08:02.849 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% has drained it. So it has 08:02.849 --> 08:05.952 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% so now we don't have a church pond anymore. The school 08:05.952 --> 08:09.088 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% had a flowing well and it kept the water level 08:09.088 --> 08:12.158 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% on that right up almost to the church here. 08:12.158 --> 08:15.027 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% There were times 08:15.027 --> 08:18.397 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% when they would bring livestock 08:18.397 --> 08:21.400 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% sometimes it was livestock that was on the train 08:21.400 --> 08:24.470 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% too long and they had to water it and feed it 08:24.470 --> 08:27.340 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% them. So they would... 08:27.340 --> 08:30.476 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% There was between the railroad and the 08:30.476 --> 08:33.412 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% old gravel road. There was 08:33.412 --> 08:36.716 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% a small stockyard where they unloaded them and 08:36.716 --> 08:39.318 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% watered them and fed them and then loaded them back up again. 08:42.555 --> 08:45.791 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% That was between the old gravel road and the railroad. 08:45.791 --> 08:48.928 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% right away. 08:48.928 --> 08:51.964 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Straight past here is the old Jefferson Highway. The highway came 08:51.964 --> 08:53.633 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% from Staples and crossed what is now 08:53.633 --> 08:58.037 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Highway 10 which is County Rd 7 up here. 08:58.037 --> 09:01.207 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% And continues on down across 09:01.207 --> 09:04.243 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% the railroad tracks to the south here. 09:04.243 --> 09:07.280 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% And then followed the railroad tracks on down 09:07.280 --> 09:10.449 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% to Cushing. There was no bridge 09:10.449 --> 09:13.219 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% down south of here. 09:16.556 --> 09:19.458 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% Right about 09:19.458 --> 09:22.662 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% in this area right here there was a pool hall. 09:22.662 --> 09:25.798 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% I suppose 09:25.798 --> 09:28.768 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% somewhat of a restaurant too. 09:28.768 --> 09:31.904 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% And above it 09:31.904 --> 09:35.007 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% where it had been living quarters but it 09:35.007 --> 09:38.177 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% had been changed into where they made 09:38.177 --> 09:41.147 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% jigsaw puzzles. Next to the pool hall was 09:41.147 --> 09:44.216 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% the lumber yard, Morrison County. My dad 09:44.216 --> 09:47.119 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% called knot hole company but it was 09:47.119 --> 09:50.156 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% Morrison County Lumber Company. 09:50.156 --> 09:53.359 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% The foundation is still here. 09:53.359 --> 09:56.429 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% You can see the foundation of the 09:56.429 --> 09:59.498 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% lumberyard. 09:59.498 --> 10:02.501 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Well my grandfather I don't know whether he was 10:02.501 --> 10:05.671 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% president of the bank or whatever but I do know 10:05.671 --> 10:08.808 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% that as a child after the bank 10:08.808 --> 10:11.877 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% was closed and they had a lot of deposit slips 10:11.877 --> 10:14.847 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% and old checks and stuff like that 10:14.847 --> 10:17.917 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% I used to play with those. 10:17.917 --> 10:20.953 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% So I don't think there is anymore of them 10:20.953 --> 10:23.889 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% around. I think I used them all up. 10:23.889 --> 10:26.993 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Writing on them and so I'm glad. The bank has had 10:26.993 --> 10:30.096 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% several different people have bought it over the years 10:30.096 --> 10:33.132 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Somebody bought it once and was going to make a sandwich 10:33.132 --> 10:36.202 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% shop, another was going to make an ice cream shop. 10:36.202 --> 10:39.171 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% The ice cream shop did come to fruition. 10:39.171 --> 10:42.441 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% Oh it did. Roy Popalinsky had a 10:42.441 --> 10:45.344 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% soda fountain and ice cream. Okay cause they lived in there too. 10:45.344 --> 10:48.447 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% That was 10:48.447 --> 10:51.550 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% in the late '40's. 10:51.550 --> 10:54.587 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% That's the last time I know that it's been 10:54.587 --> 10:57.423 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% put to any use. But it's been 10:57.423 --> 11:00.593 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% completely reconditioned - new windows 11:00.593 --> 11:03.629 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% It's all been rebuilt by my next 11:03.629 --> 11:06.966 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% door neighbor. The basement has been all fixed 11:06.966 --> 11:09.869 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% the basement windows are in good shape. ppEven planted some Arbor Vitae 11:09.869 --> 11:12.938 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% on the north side of it. It's beautiful inside. 11:12.938 --> 11:15.975 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% Next to the bank building over 11:15.975 --> 11:19.111 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% here is the Duborg's Store. 11:19.111 --> 11:22.148 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% They lived there, to begin with I think it was just the 11:22.148 --> 11:25.151 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% store and then they built on so they have living quarters. 11:25.151 --> 11:28.154 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% I don't remember exactly when that happened. 11:28.154 --> 11:31.390 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% When they moved or when they came. Yes, It's always been the way it was. 11:31.390 --> 11:34.193 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% I went to school, and I always walked 11:34.193 --> 11:37.496 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% past here on my way home. 11:37.496 --> 11:40.566 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% And of course stopped at the post office and picked up the mail. 11:40.566 --> 11:43.502 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% And would go ahead of course pick up any groceries 11:43.502 --> 11:46.605 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% or whatever. They always had everybody had 11:46.605 --> 11:49.508 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% the slip and they paid once a month. I think 11:49.508 --> 11:52.645 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% because everybody had their own slip 11:52.645 --> 11:55.681 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% that they kept track for the 11:55.681 --> 11:58.751 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% different people. Everybody's credit was good. 11:58.751 --> 12:01.687 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% There were several families 12:01.687 --> 12:04.790 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% more than half a dozen families 12:04.790 --> 12:07.960 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% in the town of Lincoln that depended on 12:07.960 --> 12:10.830 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% the railroad for their employment. 12:10.830 --> 12:14.033 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% People lived here and over there. Well they had the section 12:14.033 --> 12:17.203 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% the Potama section crew. Oh Sure and then they 12:17.203 --> 12:20.406 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and then it wasn't just the section crew. 12:20.406 --> 12:23.309 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% It was also they had the depot and they had depot agents. 12:23.309 --> 12:26.445 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% The old depot was over across 12:26.445 --> 12:29.582 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% beyond the machinery on the other side 12:29.582 --> 12:32.551 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% The railroad just takes up a lot more room then they used to. 12:32.551 --> 12:35.654 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% When I was a kid 12:35.654 --> 12:37.123 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% there was a man named 12:37.123 --> 12:39.525 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% Timon Olson, Yes. 12:39.525 --> 12:44.864 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Drove her grandfather's car to meet the 12:44.864 --> 12:48.000 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% train every 12:48.000 --> 12:50.903 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% time the train came. He'd come 12:50.903 --> 12:54.140 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% with that old Willis Knight car 12:54.140 --> 12:57.042 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and pick up the passengers and take them to the hotel. 12:57.042 --> 13:00.112 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% Some of them 13:00.112 --> 13:03.315 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% spent most of their time at the hotel and then some of them went out 13:03.315 --> 13:06.418 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% fishing during the weekends. That was when 13:06.418 --> 13:09.455 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% the train transported people to and from 13:09.455 --> 13:12.424 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% the country. My mother used to talk about 13:12.424 --> 13:15.594 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% people that came on the train and would come 13:15.594 --> 13:18.697 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% like for the summer and they would stay at the hotel. 13:18.697 --> 13:21.700 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% My grandmother of course it was like a bed and breakfast. 13:21.700 --> 13:24.703 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% that we call nowadays. Except you did get three meals a day. 13:24.703 --> 13:28.007 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% So my grandmother spent a lot of time cooking. 13:28.007 --> 13:31.010 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% And washing. And there was no electricity. 13:31.010 --> 13:33.913 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% So everything was done by hand. Now I didn't 13:33.913 --> 13:36.982 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% stay here. I moved away after high school. 13:36.982 --> 13:40.186 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% Well I got married. 13:40.186 --> 13:43.189 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and moved away. Later on I moved to Anoka 13:43.189 --> 13:46.225 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and lived for about 43 years in Anoka. 13:46.225 --> 13:49.094 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% of which I went to school. Lived in the Twin City area. 13:49.094 --> 13:52.298 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% I became an RN. 13:52.298 --> 13:55.334 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% I came back and there were very few people that I knew. 13:55.334 --> 13:58.437 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% It was like coming back to a ghost town practically. 13:58.437 --> 14:01.407 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Because the people that lived here, they were gone. 14:01.407 --> 14:04.610 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% Except for the grandchildren. 14:04.610 --> 14:07.346 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% Joe is one of the few old timers 14:07.346 --> 14:10.616 align:left position:40%,start line:83% size:50% Laughter He wasn't that 14:10.616 --> 14:13.786 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% but it is now. I guess I'm becoming 14:13.786 --> 14:16.622 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% an old timer. 14:16.622 --> 14:19.792 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% I took my tour of duty was the military 14:19.792 --> 14:23.062 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% toward the end of World War II. 14:23.062 --> 14:25.998 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% When I came back, I looked elsewhere 14:25.998 --> 14:29.001 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% I went to school elsewhere for a while 14:29.001 --> 14:32.204 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% but 14:32.204 --> 14:35.307 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% there was something about this area, not 14:35.307 --> 14:38.310 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% just Lincoln but the area. The lakes 14:38.310 --> 14:41.380 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% the woods, the people. I found nothing 14:41.380 --> 14:44.516 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% else that really compared. I love it here. 14:44.516 --> 14:47.586 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% I always have. And I never 14:47.586 --> 14:50.756 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% ventured very far away since I came back in 14:50.756 --> 14:53.659 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% 1947. I've stayed 14:53.659 --> 14:56.662 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% here til now. I raised my family here. 14:56.662 --> 14:59.765 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% That's something you don't see with 14:59.765 --> 15:02.701 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% people in big cities don't get that attached 15:02.701 --> 15:05.971 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% to their neighbors and close friends. 15:05.971 --> 15:08.941 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% It kinda hurts 15:08.941 --> 15:12.011 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% to see a community like this 15:12.011 --> 15:14.713 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% not exactly die but just kind of fade away. 15:18.350 --> 15:21.020 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% There are several factors that lead to the demise or the abandonment 15:21.020 --> 15:24.290 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% of lost towns. Many of them were based along the railroads 15:24.290 --> 15:27.293 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% every 8 miles. But as transportation improved and automobiles 15:27.293 --> 15:30.329 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% became more the norm. People could travel longer distance 15:30.329 --> 15:33.365 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% to get supplies. Another big factor 15:33.365 --> 15:36.468 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% in the demise of some of these lost towns was 15:36.468 --> 15:39.471 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% rural free delivery. At one point the post office 15:39.471 --> 15:42.441 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% decided that it was better for one mail 15:42.441 --> 15:45.444 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% person to take the mail to people rather than to have 15:45.444 --> 15:48.614 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% 50 people in the area come to the town. And when those people 15:48.614 --> 15:51.583 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% stopped coming to the town. The town couldn't exist any longer. 15:51.583 --> 15:54.687 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Another reason was the railroad. A lot of 15:54.687 --> 15:57.756 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% towns were built on the hope that the railroad would come there. 15:57.756 --> 16:00.726 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% through the town providing a station there. And when railroads 16:00.726 --> 16:04.029 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% changed routes or highways changed routes 16:04.029 --> 16:06.699 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% the town just couldn't survive anymore. People just bypassed the local community. 16:16.041 --> 16:19.111 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% Hi! Today we're in Buena Vista 16:19.111 --> 16:22.247 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% located in Beltrami County about 12 miles 16:22.247 --> 16:25.284 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% north of Bemidji. This area has always been a very 16:25.284 --> 16:28.320 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% historical area. As early as 1738 the English 16:28.320 --> 16:31.223 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% topographer David Thompson had been here. 16:31.223 --> 16:34.293 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% And in 1823 early 1800's 16:34.293 --> 16:37.229 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Count Beltrami had been here. He was looking for the true source of the Mississippi 16:37.229 --> 16:40.432 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% River and he saw Lake Julia which 16:40.432 --> 16:43.669 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% is in the background of this town and claimed 16:43.669 --> 16:46.605 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% that as the true source of the Mississippi River. But as we know 16:46.605 --> 16:49.441 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% later it was Lake Itasca that is really the true source. 16:49.441 --> 16:52.578 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% But from that time on in about 1896 this became a 16:52.578 --> 16:55.581 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% town dependent upon the logging in the area. 16:55.581 --> 16:58.717 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% And the town's peak was from about 1896 to 16:58.717 --> 17:01.720 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% 1912. By World War I it's heyday was over. 17:01.720 --> 17:04.857 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% This building here 17:04.857 --> 17:07.693 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% is the Turtle Lake Township Hall built in 1898. 17:07.693 --> 17:10.929 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% It originally began it's life as the Buena Vista 17:10.929 --> 17:13.966 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% school. Everything is pretty much exactly as it 17:13.966 --> 17:17.036 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% was except for the siding now that's there. 17:17.036 --> 17:19.972 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Buena Vista is just to my right that way a little bit to the south. 17:19.972 --> 17:22.975 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% And after the town faded 17:22.975 --> 17:26.245 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% the actual school building was moved here to 17:26.245 --> 17:29.181 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% serve as the town hall. The building was just a one room school 17:29.181 --> 17:32.284 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% house. Serviced people from about 1st grade through 8th 17:32.284 --> 17:35.354 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% grade, one teacher. Located right in the town. 17:35.354 --> 17:38.157 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% One of the interesting things I noticed when I was doing this research. 17:38.157 --> 17:41.460 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% The very first things that people built in a town where 17:41.460 --> 17:44.530 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% the schools and the church. I think it's 17:44.530 --> 17:47.433 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% fantastic to see how important religion and educating 17:47.433 --> 17:50.602 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% their young were. 17:50.602 --> 17:53.739 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% If you look at older pictures of the school you'll see the windows 17:53.739 --> 17:56.909 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% are exactly in the same spot that they used to be. 17:56.909 --> 17:59.611 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% The building foundation was moved shortly after Buena Vista faded. 17:59.611 --> 18:02.915 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% Even has the original outhouse. 18:02.915 --> 18:05.918 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% which has been resided on the side. It is one of the only 18:05.918 --> 18:08.887 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% remaining original building from Buena Vista left. 18:08.887 --> 18:11.924 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% Today were in 18:11.924 --> 18:14.927 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Buena Vista and I have Suzanne Thomas here. 18:14.927 --> 18:16.495 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Suzanne's family has been in Buena Vista and preserving it's history for nearly 18:16.495 --> 18:21.100 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% 5 generations, going on the 5th generation. 18:21.100 --> 18:24.236 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Today we're standing in front of the Buena Vista school, the original school building 18:24.236 --> 18:26.972 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% from the town of Buena Vista. Do you have 18:26.972 --> 18:30.375 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% any memories or did your families of this school? 18:30.375 --> 18:33.245 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% Yes they did. My dad and my 18:33.245 --> 18:36.415 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% two aunts and my uncle all went to school here. 18:36.415 --> 18:39.351 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% It's a one room schoolhouse and it had a huge 18:39.351 --> 18:42.554 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% stove indoor stove. It's now 18:42.554 --> 18:45.424 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% used as the Turtle Lake Town Hall. 18:45.424 --> 18:48.494 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% It's really nice to be utilizing the building. It's still 18:48.494 --> 18:51.563 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% in it's original foundation. This is where it sat in the town. 18:51.563 --> 18:54.533 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% Yes. Back in the late 18:54.533 --> 18:57.569 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% 1800's it was white. 18:57.569 --> 19:00.672 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% There was a little picket fence out front here and 19:00.672 --> 19:03.775 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% another storage room. So basically it's at the same location 19:03.775 --> 19:06.712 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% and it just looked a lot different back then. Just the siding 19:06.712 --> 19:09.681 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% different. 19:09.681 --> 19:12.951 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% Today Suzanne is going to show us 19:12.951 --> 19:15.988 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% the old town site of Buena Vista right down to the south of us here. 19:15.988 --> 19:19.091 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Highway 15 used to be the main street. 19:19.091 --> 19:22.161 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Here we are at the entrance to the town of Buena Vista 19:22.161 --> 19:25.164 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% This is the town site here. Suzanne you said there was a church 19:25.164 --> 19:28.167 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% on the right. Yes, the First Presbyterian church 19:28.167 --> 19:31.136 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% was located right here. There are foundations still 19:31.136 --> 19:34.039 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% in here. Probably right about in this area. And I 19:34.039 --> 19:37.342 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% remember some of the ancestors talking about 19:37.342 --> 19:40.445 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% Frank Higgin, the preacher. 19:40.445 --> 19:43.448 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% He was a sky pilot. Some of the ancestors 19:43.448 --> 19:46.451 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% from some of the preachers were her a PPnumber of years ago and wantedppto see 19:46.451 --> 19:49.655 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% where their ancestors did preach years ago. I've heard of a 19:49.655 --> 19:52.524 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% sky pilot. Then as we 19:52.524 --> 19:55.627 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% we're walking into town now. You have ppthis actually a mown pathway 19:55.627 --> 19:58.864 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% here with little markers detailing were each building 19:58.864 --> 20:01.800 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% stood. Yes we do. And when you had a picture you 20:01.800 --> 20:04.836 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% have pictures on those makers also. To the left 20:04.836 --> 20:07.906 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% of us is the town site correct? It is. 20:07.906 --> 20:10.909 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Don't you have a cross country ski trail through this 20:10.909 --> 20:14.179 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% town also. We do we have the trail that goes 20:14.179 --> 20:17.282 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% right through part of the town sites right down here. 20:17.282 --> 20:20.419 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% to the north. It goes 20:20.419 --> 20:23.255 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% probably about 12 kilometers through 20:23.255 --> 20:26.558 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% the western trails here. A lot of 20:26.558 --> 20:29.561 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% skiers can see where the old town site was. It's very interesting 20:29.561 --> 20:32.598 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% to them. Now up ahead is Summit Lake you said. 20:32.598 --> 20:35.634 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% Yep Lake Summit. Now you said you grandfather 20:35.634 --> 20:38.704 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% used to have a nice garden here right above the lake. 20:38.704 --> 20:41.673 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% Right below the hill he had planted 20:41.673 --> 20:44.743 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% a lot of asparagus and 20:44.743 --> 20:47.746 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% J W Speelman and the Summit Hotel, they would serve 20:47.746 --> 20:50.849 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% chicken the best chicken around. 20:50.849 --> 20:54.019 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% And we would always here about the stories 20:54.019 --> 20:56.922 align:left position:20%,start line:71% size:70% of the chickens and the beautiful gardens right PPjust below the hill where we'reppwalking. 20:56.922 --> 20:59.891 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% In the 70's there used to be a horse arena 20:59.891 --> 21:02.894 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% back there too right? Yes we had horse 21:02.894 --> 21:05.998 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% shows set up and we had a beautiful ampitheater 21:05.998 --> 21:09.067 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% setting for everything, with Grandpa Leonard being the judge of course. 21:09.067 --> 21:12.170 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% And this is where the actual garden was 21:12.170 --> 21:15.274 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% and there is still is asparagus in therePPthat you family eats today.ppYep. 21:15.274 --> 21:18.110 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% Right down through here. Beautiful shot ppNow if we go further into town 21:18.110 --> 21:21.113 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% you have some markers from like the hotels in town 21:21.113 --> 21:24.149 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and some of the other buildings. Lake Summit was located 21:24.149 --> 21:27.319 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% right in this area. They're are actually 21:27.319 --> 21:30.455 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Summit Hotel? Yes Summit Hotel and the first hotel 21:30.455 --> 21:33.392 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% burnt down. But it was within days that I think great grandfather 21:33.392 --> 21:36.561 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% started building the new hotel. So this 21:36.561 --> 21:39.464 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% was sitting in this location right here.ppAnd look at the beautiful trees 21:39.464 --> 21:42.634 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% They've got to be 125 years old 21:42.634 --> 21:45.637 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% or so. Original to the town. John Speelman had 21:45.637 --> 21:48.974 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% had a unique advertising because of the continental divide. 21:48.974 --> 21:52.044 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Yes he did use the top of the world. 21:52.044 --> 21:55.147 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% I know was brought up being here with the hills 21:55.147 --> 21:58.250 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and beautiful lakes. And of course he actually 21:58.250 --> 22:01.286 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% brought the name Buena Vista from Oregon which means 22:01.286 --> 22:04.356 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% beautiful views in Spanish. 22:04.356 --> 22:07.459 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% Now the continental divide 22:07.459 --> 22:10.562 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% would mean the rain would fall 22:10.562 --> 22:13.565 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% either to the north Hudson Bay or 22:13.565 --> 22:15.133 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% south to the Gulf of Mexico. That's correct. 22:15.133 --> 22:19.638 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% We're kind of right here in the parting of the waters. 22:19.638 --> 22:22.774 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Now to the right here it also says there was a hotel 22:22.774 --> 22:25.844 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% here. Yeah the Scandia Hotel was just south 22:25.844 --> 22:28.814 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% of here. And probably right in this area. 22:28.814 --> 22:31.817 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% as our marker says it was the 22:31.817 --> 22:34.953 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Stanlin's Bargain Store. So a little 22:34.953 --> 22:37.856 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% mini mall of it's day. Absolutely it probably PPsold a little bit ofppeverything. 22:37.856 --> 22:40.959 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% Yep I guess so. 22:40.959 --> 22:43.995 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% No you mentioned the Hudson Bay Company 22:43.995 --> 22:47.032 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% the waters flow to the Hudson Bay. Wasn't there a fur trading 22:47.032 --> 22:50.135 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% post here in the early days? Yes actually if we 22:50.135 --> 22:53.205 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% would keep walking I would say another 22:53.205 --> 22:56.174 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% maybe 3 blocks to the south 22:56.174 --> 22:59.277 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% We would find the location where the Hudson Bay trading post 22:59.277 --> 23:02.314 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% was. And our township which is the Turtle 23:02.314 --> 23:05.484 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Lake Township just was awarded a grant to do 23:05.484 --> 23:08.520 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% some archeology digs to try and find relics. 23:08.520 --> 23:11.523 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% How fun. Now up here there are some remains. 23:11.523 --> 23:14.626 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% What is that? That is kinda of 23:14.626 --> 23:17.796 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% a frame of the bull pen from 23:17.796 --> 23:20.732 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% back in the early 1900's. The original 23:20.732 --> 23:23.902 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% boards are there. Now a bull pen was like a stock yard? 23:23.902 --> 23:26.838 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% It's kind of a holding place for the bulls. 23:26.838 --> 23:29.908 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% There are some old chains still attached to some of that wood. 23:29.908 --> 23:33.044 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% And some relics. You said the township 23:33.044 --> 23:36.114 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% was going to be doing some archaeological research and digging 23:36.114 --> 23:39.117 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% and stuff. What is the hope of that. 23:39.117 --> 23:42.187 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% They are quite interested in seeing what's out there. 23:42.187 --> 23:45.290 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Pretty much you have to have the professionals come in 23:45.290 --> 23:48.326 align:left position:20%,start line:77% size:70% and do the digging and concentrating on certain areas such as 23:48.326 --> 23:51.430 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% the Hudson Bay Trading Post. They know just where that was 23:51.430 --> 23:54.599 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and they are kind of knowing what they may find. 23:54.599 --> 23:57.569 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% That is just something of interest for all of us. I think people 23:57.569 --> 24:00.672 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% sometimes forget that history can be in their own backyards. 24:00.672 --> 24:03.575 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% I mean the history of our nation to have to make 24:03.575 --> 24:06.812 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Bay Company is part of that but still it's our history. 24:06.812 --> 24:09.915 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% And we do what to preserve it and we want 24:09.915 --> 24:12.918 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% to share it and let it go on for generations to come. 24:12.918 --> 24:15.720 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Once it's gone nature reclaims very quickly. 24:19.090 --> 24:21.993 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Now is that an old homestead across the way there? 24:21.993 --> 24:25.130 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Yes that's where Ralph Dickinson lived and more recently 24:25.130 --> 24:28.166 align:left position:30%,start line:83% size:60% my grandfather Leonard and Agnes 24:28.166 --> 24:31.269 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Dickinson lived their all their lives. 24:31.269 --> 24:34.272 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% And what is that old stone formation there? 24:34.272 --> 24:37.375 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% Looks like a barbecue grill or something. It is it's an outdoor 24:37.375 --> 24:40.378 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% fire area. But it was part of the original building? 24:40.378 --> 24:43.482 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Fireplace in the house. It was actually just a 24:43.482 --> 24:46.485 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% free standing. That's where it was on the lawn. All the picnics 24:46.485 --> 24:49.688 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% are held there. 24:49.688 --> 24:52.624 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Well Suzanne, thank you for showing me thePPtown. It's amazing how thispphistory 24:52.624 --> 24:55.727 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% is right here on the side of the road. I think it's great that your f family for 5 generations 24:55.727 --> 24:58.797 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% is preserving it. 24:58.797 --> 25:01.833 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% I think the reason that they love the book so much is it's their personal history. 25:01.833 --> 25:04.936 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% You can read about presidents and wars 25:04.936 --> 25:08.039 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% and all that national history but this is personal to them. 25:08.039 --> 25:11.076 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% It's places they know, places they live. 25:11.076 --> 25:14.212 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% People they know live there. It's just a real personal history and it makes 25:14.212 --> 25:17.282 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% a lot of connections with people. Sometimes I go to a 25:17.282 --> 25:20.352 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% presentation and when I show a slide of their town 25:20.352 --> 25:23.522 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% they go that's my hometown. And the proceed to tell me the greatest 25:23.522 --> 25:26.491 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% story about how they came to that town and what that town meant 25:26.491 --> 25:29.361 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% to them. They are just so excited to be able to share that with me. 25:29.361 --> 25:32.230 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% But also to see they're history in a book. 25:35.534 --> 25:38.503 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% Thanks so much for watching 25:38.503 --> 25:41.606 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% Join us again on Common Ground. 25:41.606 --> 25:44.543 align:left position:10%,start line:83% size:80% If you have an idea for a Common Ground piece that pertains to 25:44.543 --> 25:47.746 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% north central Minnesota email us at legacy@lptv.org 25:47.746 --> 25:50.782 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% or call us at 25:50.782 --> 25:53.818 align:left position:30%,start line:89% size:60% 218-333-3014 25:53.818 --> 25:56.955 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% To view any episode of Common Ground 25:56.955 --> 25:59.958 align:left position:10%,start line:89% size:80% online visit us at lptv.org 25:59.958 --> 26:02.961 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% ♪ ♪ 26:02.961 --> 26:05.964 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% ♪ ♪ 26:05.964 --> 26:08.967 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% ♪ ♪ 26:08.967 --> 26:12.037 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% ♪ ♪ 26:12.037 --> 26:15.140 align:left position:40%,start line:89% size:50% ♪ ♪ 26:15.140 --> 26:17.943 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% To order episodes or segments of Common Ground 26:17.943 --> 26:20.912 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% call 218-333-3020. 26:24.182 --> 26:27.385 align:left position:20%,start line:83% size:70% Common Ground is brought to you by the Minnesota 26:27.385 --> 26:30.255 align:left position:10%,start line:77% size:80% Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund with money from the vote of the 26:30.255 --> 26:33.124 align:left position:20%,start line:89% size:70% people November 4, 2008.