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Big Lake Ice Harvesting
I would imagine that someone who has grown up in the age of electricity is wondering why anyone would want to harvest ice. The closest reference we have today is going camping for a weekend and wondering if our high tech insulated cooler will keep the ice long enough to make sure the refreshments stay
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The Ray Nelson home
This is another one of our Big Lake long standing stately manors on Powell St. The Ray Nelson family lived in it when I was growing up. According to the Big Lake History book it was built for Wm Johnson and then bought by a Wm Floyd before Nelsons. According to the Postcard dating website,
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Big Lake Treasurer’s Book
As a lover of Big Lake History, it’s a wondrous feeling to hold a hundred and nineteen-year-old object documenting the city’s history in my very own two hands. Chuck Heitz contacted me last Christmas to ask if I would like an old Big Lake City Treasurer’s book he was given years ago. I don’t think I
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Photo postcard of a farm home
New Contest – who’s house was this and where was it located? Anybody know? Dorothy Moores had photo postcard this in her collection.
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Ice Out Log
My father in law is looking for a ice out ledger that Harley Clark had or any other resident in Big Lake Lou Ann Otten We have it from 1999. Jana Harrer oh what is this item you speak of? Anything that would be interesting to see a photo of and maybe a little tale
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Railroad Depot
Debra Thornburgh remembers sitting in my grandfather Freeman Swanson’s truck and watching for the train to go thru to pick up the mail as he use to hang it there Donald Christensen I use to play near it alot and watch the mail exchange . Every so often the alignment was not right and the
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Johnson Building
Three other postcards loaned by Laurie Fahlan and Linda Evans are included in this post. Here’s the story of the first “big” building on the main street block on the west side of Hwy 25 before the Hwy 10 stoplights. The best I can tell it was built between 1902 and 1910. The building was
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Big Lake Postcard – Lilian White to Hattie McKeen
Another lake photo postcard shared by Laurie Fahlan and Linda Evansfrom the C.L. McKeen grouping. Man, the lake sure doesn’t look like it had an attractive shoreline did it? Lisa Richwine Olson Seems very rustic Sharon Roster My dad said that at one time Biglake was crystal clear. It’s not like that anymore is it?
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100 Years apart
Jana HarrerGroup Admin Who’s got 4 little boys who will dress up like that so I can recreate them standing there, LOL. Uh. Someone maybe wants to ditch the green awning. LikeShow more reactions · Reply · 2 · November 4 at 4:28pm Manage Deb Johnson Keep the great photos coming, Jana!!!!! 🙂 🙂 LikeShow