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Otcotter Tail County Summer 2020 OTCOtter Tail County 20th Century at Glendalough ◆ More Great Articles! Summer 2020 / OTC Magazine / 3 4 / OTC Magazine / Summer 2020 Cover Story: 8 20th Century Glendalough by Reba Gilliand Photos Courtesy Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and Glendalough State Park Cover photo by Ed Pawlenty Travel Destination: Summer 12 North Dakota – Fort Ransom State Park and Theodore 2020 Roosevelt State Park by Pam Larson Photos by Pam & Larry Larson The Lakeside Gourmet 19 by Sandra Thimgan Photos by Dan Thimgan Mental Health & COVID-19 20 by Dr. Dan Traiser & & Maria Willits Photos courtesy of Lake Region Healthcare Local Farms Share Their 24 Stories by Becky Tighe Photos courtesy of Naomi Barber, Dan Bucholz, Roger Heiden, Christine Jacobson, Gloria & Harvey Radtke, Kevin Wallevand and Harold Weiss Our Otter Tales Advertiser Index 6 Win to Dine Winners 30 Publisher: Ed Pawlenty OTC’S STATEMENT: CONTACT: OTC Designer: Joy Minion Otter Tail County Sharing great stories about interesting Share ideas for stories & infor- Ad Designer: Janet Widness Magazine people and events in Otter Tail County. mation. Contact the BL Review: Marketing Representative: Published three times a year with a 218-864-5952 Summer 2020 Ed Pawlenty: 651-270-3991 readership of 25,000. Also distributed OTC/BLR, PO Box 99 to area stores and resorts for our Battle Lake, MN 56515 Volume 7—Issue 2 visitors to enjoy. [email protected] Subscribe Today – Get your magazine mailed directly to you! Only $10 for 3 issues! Send name/address with check payable to Paw Publications, LLC, to: Paw Publications, LLC, PO Box 99, Battle Lake, MN 56515 Summer 2020 / OTC Magazine / 5 Otter impressive is the dock jump. He tries to get so much air and distance — it really looks like he just enjoys the thrill. I wish I could get a shot of his face when Tales he is in the air just to see if he is smiling. Remember when you were a kid doing the same thing…pure fun! Maybe I’ll try jumping off the dock this summer and see if I get that same smile back…and not end up in the hospital. Our summer issue is another good one. We Thought I had seen it all by now…not the case. This have great stories again starting with the history COVID-19 thing keeps us guessing on what else can of Glendalough State Park. Being an outdoor guy possibly happen in our lifetimes. Maybe very few of and a history buff, I really like to read about how us remember the flu of 1918 and all the loss that people long ago built these retreats in the middle of came from it. We had it pretty worry free in recent nowhere. Escaping the summer heat makes sense, years and that is a good thing. Here’s hoping all of but then there’s the rich history of creating a game you are well. farm and the noteworthy visitors who came to the Finally, summer is here...although, maybe a area to enjoy what we have here. different summer. What is best about being in Otter Next up is another history piece about Tail County lakes area is the fact that we self-isolate farms in OTC celebrating their 100 and 150 year by choice. Yes, we still love to eat out and enjoy designations…simply outstanding milestones. These some shopping, but time spent with family grilling on stories always make me wonder what life was like the deck or on the boat is a good, and safe thing too. back then. I hope it was easier than I think it was… I hope everyone can enjoy the summer as close to simpler times for sure. Then, we have another normal as we can. adventure to enjoy through the lens of Pam Larson, As for the ongoing saga named Boomer, you who always gives me a sense of being there without can see by the picture above, he’s become a fine leaving the sofa. water dog. He can’t wait to hit it off the dock on a Shhh…Boomer’s sleeping for a rare moment. full run. On the real hot days, he just likes to wade Nope, he’s back up…gotta go jump in the lake again! in and lie down to cool off. I guess it is easier to See you all out there. take a drink when the lake’s right at chin level. Most — Ed Pawlenty, OTC Publisher Have a great story idea? Spring 2020 Want to share a special photo? “W in to Dine” $25 Gift Card Winners Email your story ideas and photos to: Here are the lucky winners: [email protected] Nootzi’s on Main, Dent: Sharon Folkestad, Wadena or mail to: Social’s Bar & Grill, Fergus Falls: Deb Roufs, Underwood OTC Magazine Underwood Quik-Stop, Underwood: Mary Arntson, Fergus Falls PO Box 99 Willy T’s, Fergus Falls: Norman Johnson, Oakland, Nebraska Battle Lake, MN 56515 Thanks for reading OTC! 6 / OTC Magazine / Summer 2020 148 1st Ave. S. • Perham, MN 218-346-4180 • www.dotandminnies.com Monday-Friday 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Saturday 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Summer 2020 / OTC Magazine / 7 20 th Century Glendalough Story by Reba Gilliand Vintage Photos courtesy of Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and Glendalough State Park change rural Minnesota: prosperous men were building elaborate lake homes Glendalough, one of Minnesota’s newest to escape state parks, neighbors Battle Lake in Otter Tail summer heat; County. As I live nearby, I consider it “my” park and science-based have great affinity for it. agricultural Maybe you know it because you’ve canoed practices were peaceful Annie Battle Lake, visited a heritage fishery taking hold or biked the 12-mile loop connecting Glendalough among Midwest with Battle Lake. Perhaps your grandchildren have farmers; splashed in crystal-clear water and built sandcastles pressure on the beach. Or your family has camped in a yurt, on game trekked through native prairie or cross-country skied populations by candlelight. were “My park,” of course, is just one of increasing; Minnesota’s state parks. All offer recreation and and Minnesota natural habitat at its best. Glendalough, however, newspapers has something else, something I find fascinating – were reaching a unique history. their height of I’m not talking ancient history – although influence. there is that: while surveying to put in a recent People’s actions, of course, are what trail, archeologists discovered an earth oven lead to transformation, and such is the case at used for cooking around a.d. 1350. Indigenous “Glendalough.” Over a span of 90 years, three people have been hunting and fishing on land men – Ezra G. Valentine, Fredrick E. Murphy and that is now Glendalough for thousands of years. John Cowles – brought vision, money, foresight and But that’s another story. I’m talking 20th Century passion to bear on this beautiful land to leave their transformation. marks on local as well as Minnesota history. Glendalough’s 20th Century Transformation 1901 to 1925 – Ezra G. Valentine Begins Between 1901 and 1990, Glendalough land the Transformation with a Summer Haven underwent several transformations, growing both in The story begins in 1901 when Ezra G. acreage and prominence in state and national affairs. Valentine, by then in his mid-50s, bought 30 acres It grew from 30 acres of scenic land to almost 2,000 of land situated between two small lakes. He and his acres dedicated to game and wildlife preservation, family had previously vacationed near Battle Lake and then to a retreat paradise for wealthy and and found it a place “greatly admired for its fishing prominent guests. and scenery,” according to the Battle Lake Review. How did this transformation take place? By Born in New York, Valentine had lived in the 1900s, several trends were underway that would Wisconsin, Indiana and Illinois by the time health 8 / OTC Magazine / Summer 2020 concerns prompted him at the age of 35 to leave eventually owned almost 800 acres of what is now a thriving law practice in Chicago to move to Glendalough State Park. Breckenridge, Minnesota. It wasn’t long before he By the time Murphy’s pheasant-raising established himself again, making a name for himself venture began, his life’s path had taken many in law, banking, real estate and farming. turns. Born in Wisconsin and a graduate of Notre Shortly after Valentine’s 30-acre purchase, Dame University, he started work at age 21 in the he turned his attention to creating a summer haven circulation department of The Minneapolis Tribune, on what would later become Glendalough land. He published by his brother, William J. Murphy. constructed a two-story cottage, stables, boat and F.E. Murphy advanced with the newspaper bath houses and called it all Valentine Camp. In over the next 25 years before retiring to a large farm 1902, he added a bowling alley and drew up plans in Breckenridge for health reasons (ironically, just as to build a summer residence. His pride was apparent Valentine had). Three years later his brother died, in a quote from the May 4, 1904, issue of the Battle and Murphy returned to the newspaper as president Lake Review: [There is] “no place as beautiful and and publisher. picturesque as the location of my summer home.” Although a consummate newspaper man, Sadly, Valentine died of a stroke in 1905 at Murphy’s passion was agricultural innovation. the age of 58 while walking on his land. His son and His return to The Minneapolis Tribune allowed daughter continued to enjoy Valentine Camp until the him to use the newspaper as a vehicle to promote early 1920s, but gradually visited less and less often modern farming concepts and thus influence the until they finally stopped coming altogether.
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