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The Nelsons ran a business in Minneapolis, MN by the name of Brown's Ice Cream. In 1964 when Art died, his nephew Wade bought the store and continued to run it but added large portion ice cream cones to their menu in the 1960s. Eventually the name was changed to Nelson's Dairy Store. The store was sold in 1992 to Bob Pasket and Chuck Kummeth ...
Sauntry began working as a lumberjack, and in the late 1860s he and several family members moved again to Stillwater, Minnesota, epicenter of the Upper Midwest lumber trade. Within five years, the hardworking and ambitious Sauntry was partner in a lumber company.
Men worked six- or seven-day weeks at the camps, [note 2] though their isolation from many nearby towns meant that they often remained at their camps even on their days off, and the typical lumber season lasted between 3 and 6 months. [15] Many earned between $35 and $40 per month [16] (equivalent to between $980 and $1,120 in 2023 [11]).
The term lumberjack is of Canadian derivation. The first attested use of the term combining its two components comes from an 1831 letter to the Cobourg, Ontario, Star and General Advertiser in the following passage: "my misfortunes have been brought upon me chiefly by an incorrigible, though perhaps useful, race of mortals called lumberjacks, whom, however, I would name the Cossacks of Upper ...
In the present day the St. Croix Boom Site is a 26-acre (11 ha) park with five distinct areas. At the northern end is a large parking and picnic area, signposted as the "wayside". A few hundred yards to the south, but separated by a gully, is a smaller parking area with the historical marker and a staircase down to the riverbank.
Towana Looney, 53, passed the milestone on Saturday, Jan. 25, when she was reported to be "healthy and full of energy" 61 days after her transplant, according to the Associated Press. "I’m ...
The next morning, Chavez texted work to say he would not be coming in that day — and a co-worker jokingly responded that it was because he'd won the lottery, NBC4 Los Angeles reported.
They later lost in the semifinals, 2-0, to Metro Christian to close out their day. Stillwater (1-6) will ... Lady Pioneers split opening games of Stillwater Cup, will play in third-place match