Wednesday, March 21, 2018

Building a House Phase 1 1993 Framing Lumber

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On May 11th, 1992, we made an offer of $44,000 for 5 acres of land with a nice garage, well, septic tank and a 1974 (?) 70 foot mobile home ...
Sunday, February 4, 2018

1930 Electric Power Line Crosses the St Croix River in Burnett County South of HWY 70

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An interesting scrapbook came to the Luck Museum last week from New York.  I had exchanged emails last fall with Lisa N, whose grandfather s...
Tuesday, January 30, 2018

History of the Wolf Creek, Polk County Wisconsin Cemetery by Duane Doolittle

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Duane Doolittle, like his father before him, was on the Wolf Creek Cemetery board for decades.  He passed away in 2017, and left big shoes t...
Thursday, January 25, 2018

The Barn Gets a New Roof

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Our farm barn is a few years over 100 years old.  The roof has been getting poor and in one place started leaking this summer.  We got sever...
Tuesday, December 26, 2017

Merry Christmas, Happy New Years, Happy Holidays

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Hope you have a great holiday season!   You can check out our annual Christmas card newsletter at  2017 Christmas Newsletter    If you mi...
Monday, October 30, 2017

Becoming a Scientist

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My First Microscope  Russ Hanson When I was about 12 years old, I asked my parents for my own microscope for either Christmas or my Bir...
Friday, October 27, 2017

2017 Living on the Farm -Jan - June

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If you wonder what we were doing from last January to June 1st here on the Farm in NW Wisconsin, I made a file out of the Facebook posts and...
Thursday, September 7, 2017

1949 in NW Polk County Wisconsin

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Looking for the obituary of Jens Rasmussen for a research project at the Luck Museum, I went to the morgue in the Leader office in Frederi...
Monday, August 7, 2017

Polk County Wisconsin -- Destruction of the Fair Grounds?

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    The Polk County Fair is over for another year.  It has been part of my life since the earliest I can remember, first as a thrilled toddl...