“This frontier was unique. It had a divergent ethnic composition, long severe winters, a short growing season, and massive muskeg swamps and bog which made travel difficult, leading to intensive isolation. Settlers in Koochiching Country endured suffering that made pioneering on the barren high plains seem like child’s play by comparison. Realizing that this would be some of the last of the free land, the pioneers had hopes that were probably greater… Read More