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Chaska to York Factory in Forty-Nine Days March 2009 • Volume 14 / Issue 1 Chaska to York Factory in Forty-Nine Days ear the amazing story of Colton Witte and Sean Bloomfield’s paddle Hup the Minnesota River, down the Red River of the North, across the massive Lake Winnipeg and ending after a total of 49 days at the York Factory on the Hudson Bay. The two teenagers started out at their hometown Chaska and paddled for an incredible 2,250 miles. Sunday March 29th, 1 p.m. / Treaty Site History Center Sean and Colton will talk about a journey few people would ever dream of doing through images and personal observations. The idea came to them after reading about Eric Sevareid and Walter Port’s 1930 canoe trip from Fort Snelling to the Hudson Bay in the book Canoeing with the Cree. For Sevareid and Port, it took 98 days. The two teenagers started out on April 28th as snowflakes fell from the dark sky and they paddled back into winter by the time they made it to the York Factory on June 15th. On the way they battled a flooding Minnesota River, ate moldy pizza, and suffered through extreme weather conditions. They learned quickly to take people’s advice on what they might see upstream with a grain of salt. Witte and Bloomfield continued on page 5 Charitable giving workshop spotlights smart ways to share e all have time, talents and treasures Sign up today! W(assets) that can be a powerful gift to organ- izations that we care about. A free educational Sign up on the registration workshop, Charitable Giving: How to Make a form at the Treaty Site History CONTENTS Center or contact the Nicollet Difference by Giving Back, will cover a variety Director’s Report 2 of ways you can share and make an impact. County Historical Society at Site Info 2 507-934-2160 or e-mail Memorials 2 In this workshop developed by Thrivent [email protected] to reserve Ridgely Report 3 Financial for Lutherans, you’ll learn about every- your spot today. Moline Scholarship 4 thing from volunteer opportunities to financial While various product solutions may be suggested as Legacy Amendment 5 tools that may actually increase your giving solutions for your needs, no products will be sold at Active Archives 6 capabilities. You’ll also find out how you can this educational event. Registered representative for Dakota History securities offered through Thrivent Investment Roundtable 7 leave a charitable legacy that will continue to Management Inc., 625 Fourth Ave. S., Minneapolis, MN 55415-1665, 800-THRIVENT (800-847-4836), a Members 7 provide help far into the future. wholly owned subsidiary of Thrivent Financial for Median Project 8 Lutherans. Member FINRA and SIPC. The workshop will be presented by Financial Spring Fling at Co-op 9 Thrivent Financial and its representatives and New Board Members 10 Representatives Jonathan Kraatz and Brian E employees cannot provide legal, accounting or tax Jones, CFP®. advice or services. Work with your Thrivent Financial Plant Sale 10 representative in collaboration with your attorney Norseland Invitation 10 and/or tax professional for complete details. When: Thursday, March 26 at 6:30 p.m. Events Calendar 11 Where: Treaty Site History Center Membership Form 12 Executive Board Memorials President, Gary Schmidt, Mankato received since the last Vice President, Julie Gilbert, St. Peter newsletter: Secretary, Jeremy Freeman, St. Peter Treasurer, Herb Poncin, Nicollet Historian, Evie Swenson, Nicollet In Memory of Irene Bell Directors Director’s Column Given by Steve Baxa, St. Peter Marilyn & Bill Robertz Dr. Chris Corley, North Mankato can’t turn on the news or the Arden DeBoer, Lafayette In Memory of Dr. Lori Lahlum, North Mankato I internet without hearing about Don Burch Emilie Lokensgard, Norseland current economic crisis. We all Given by Thorild Nelson, Nicollet Carol & Martin Menk Dr. Sujay Rao, St. Peter know times are tough right now. Marilyn & Bill Robertz Tami Skinner, St. Peter I have many friends, as I’m sure Ed & Bev Wetherill Diane Stenson, St. Peter many of you do, who are out of In Memory of Sally Webster, Bernadotte Dave Bussman work. In troubled times people Given by Contact Information often look to history for guid- Marilyn & Bill Robertz Executive Director, Ben Leonard ance and perspective. It’s some- Ben Leonard In Memory of [email protected] Beulah Martens Collections Manager, Bob Sandeen what amusing that we seem to Given by [email protected] be getting neither from the media. The Great Carol Jackson Office Manager, Jessica Brockberg Depression is a popular starting point for news In Memory of [email protected] Gene Nelson reports these days. Some even suggest our Given by Museum Store Manager, Ruth Grewe current economic malaise is worse than that of Marilyn & Bill Robertz Cox House Manager, vacant eighty years ago. For a little context I turned to In Memory of Harkin Store Site Manager, Ruth Grewe the Library of Congress. They provide a history Bill Pell Given by Harkin Store Asst. Site Mgr., Ross Gersten lesson for those of us born after the Great Carol & Martin Menk Harkin Store Site Guide, Ann Koch Depression: In Memory of TSHC Museum Assistants, Allen McBride, Evelyn Ricci Hannah Skinner The Great Depression began in 1929 when, in a Given by TSHC Maintenance, Wayne Passon Dolores Holteen period of ten weeks, stocks on the New York Judy Scholl Ft. Ridgely Site Manager, Nancy Zempel Stock Exchange lost 50 percent of their value. As In Memory of Ft. Ridgely Site Guides, Dorothy Polesky, stocks continued to fall during the early 1930s, Carol Tostenson John Taylor and Char Nack businesses failed, and unemployment rose dra- Given by Richard & Dwight matically. By 1932, one of every four workers was Tostenson Treaty Site History Center unemployed. Banks failed and life savings were 1851 N. Minnesota Avenue lost, leaving many Americans destitute. With no St. Peter, MN 56082 TSHC Phone: (507) 934-2160 job and no savings, thousands of Americans lost TSHC Fax: (507) 934-0172 their homes. The poor congregated in cardboard Hours: Tues.–Sat. 10 a.m.–4 p.m. shacks in so-called Hoovervilles on the edges of Sunday 1–4 p.m. cities across the nation; hundreds of thousands of Archives: Tues.–Sat. 10 a.m.–4 p.m. General information via e-mail: the unemployed roamed the country on foot and [email protected] or in boxcars in futile search of jobs. Although few [email protected] Website: www.nchsmn.org starved, hunger and malnutrition affected many. E. St. Julien Cox House 500 N. Washington Avenue In a country with abundant resources, the largest St. Peter, MN 56082 force of skilled labor, and the most productive Cox House Phone: (507) 934-4309 industry in the world, many found it hard to the CROSSING Hours: June, July, August understand why the depression had occurred Thurs.–Sat. 10 a.m.–4 p.m. is a publication of the and why it could not be resolved. Moreover, it Nicollet County Harkin Store Historical Society. P.O. Box 112, New Ulm, MN 56082 was difficult for many to understand why people Subscription is Eight miles northwest of New Ulm, should go hungry in a country possessing huge free with a Society on County Highway 21 food surpluses. Blaming Wall Street speculators, membership. Harkin Store Phone: (507) 354-8666 Hours: June, July, and August bankers, and the Hoover administration, the rum- Contributors for Tues.–Sun. 10 a.m.–5 p.m. blings of discontent grew mightily in the early this issue: September through October 15 1930s. By 1932, hunger marches and small riots Jessica Brockberg Fri.–Sun. 10 a.m.–5 p.m. were common throughout the nation. Ruth Grewe Fort Ridgely Eileen Holz 72404 County Road 30 However, not all citizens were caught up in the Fairfax, Minn. 55332 Ben Leonard social eruptions. Many were too downtrodden or Jenniver Luhmann Fort Ridgely Phone: (507) 426-7888 Bob Sandeen Website: [email protected] busy surviving day to day to get involved in pub- Nancy Zempel Hours: Memorial Day–Labor Day lic displays of discontent. Instead, they placed Fri.–Sun.: 10 a.m.–5 p.m. September–October 15 Director’s Message continued on page 4 Sat. & Sun.: 10 a.m.–5 p.m. 2 the CROSSING Ridgely Report by Nancy Zempel, site manager ith snow still on the ground it is hard to Roger Breckenridge will present Wimagine that in less than two months the a program on Sunday at 1:30 grass will be green and the Fort Ridgely Historic p.m. Roger is a Civil War histo- Site will be busy with school groups. Many rian and will present his schools are return visitors and will set their May research about local men who visit a year in advance. It is always great to hear fought in the Civil War. He will the laughter and chatter of children at the site. share family histories and also where the veterans have been Our first program of the season will be on June 7, laid to rest. which is the State Park Open House Sunday. No fee will be charged to enter any of the states 67 More programs are being parks. Ron Bolduan will be at the commissary planned for the upcoming sea- with his program—Macro World: Little Critters son. Keep checking the NCHS Are Wildlife Too. Ron’s pictures are always website for updates. See you at great and he will share his knowledge of Fort Ridgely. wildlife in the Minnesota River valley. Check out his website at Soon we will be www.experiencenature.com. preparing the exhibits for the 2009 season.
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