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“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
In northern Minnesota, the leaves continue gilding; the air is pure and predictive of cold to come; and I have just returned from a sleepover in the north of the north. When I pay attention to my world there are always discoveries. For example. Bliss is possible. On the way back from Roseau yesterday, a drive of about 220 miles, I parked at a rest stop overlooking the Rainy River and the… Read More