Sun Valley was discovered by Count Felix Schaffgotsch about 80 years ago. Averell Harriman, the chairman of the Union Pacific Railroad, had asked the Count to go west and try to find a suitable site for the creation of a ski resort similar to those that he had visited in Europe. The railroad needed “destination […]
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Comments Off on July 31, 2020 Here in Minnesota, cabins are a big part of many lives. When I was very young, my folks would rent a cabin from Pete Viehauser on Pine Lake, which is 3 miles west of Upsala. In 1973 my mother-in-law mailed an auction flyer to us. Widow Agnes Olson was selling her small farm on the […]
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Comments Off on July 24, 2020 I miss being on campus. The last I heard we will be working from home until after Labor Day. Over the twenty years that I have been working for MPR, I have met a number of very interesting folks. One of my favorite was Brother Willie. Years ago I met an old man who was […]
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Comments Off on July 17, 2020 The 36th annual Hagstrom/Osberg Golf Open was held last Saturday. We have this family tradition every year at the Little Falls Country Club on the second Saturday of July. My mother’s sister, Leone, Auntie to me, married Duane Hagstrom, owner of Hagstrom Chevrolet in Upsala, Minnesota. Between the two families there were 10 cousins. Auntie’s […]
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