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Fred Barr - An Early Day Logger
by Verna Barr Haines, Submitted by Mel C. Haugen, Glendale, Arizona.
Verna was born in the Becida area in Fern Township. She was the great-granddaughter of Becida pioneer Engebret Haugan and the daughter of Fred and Anna Barr who lived most of their lives in the area. Verna was educated locally and in 1942, she graduated from Bemidji State College. She had a career in school teaching, principally in Rockford, Illinois. After retirement, she re-located to Phoenix, Arizona.
Broadbent Family
The Ellersick Lumbering Story
The Fuller Family History
Hacket and Day (PDF)
Engebret Haugan, Hubbard County Pioneer (PDF)
Knute Gladen Bio Photo
The LaMusga Family (PDF)
Rev. Arnold Moody
Nagle Family Letter
This is the
video of William Nagle, a resident of Park Rapids. The Wood Chopper was
filmed about 1948. The man with no hands was Bill Fox, who's arms were
blown off when he was a teenager, in an accident at a 4th of July
Celebration (abt 1894). Contributed by
Tim Rovenstine
Palmers and Palmer Lake
Park and Petrie
Ricker Family
Swan Family (PDF)
Thorpe Family
Walsh Family Story
White Pine Savages (Includes pictures of Park Rapids Lumber Co. circa 1900)
Wilkins Family History