People
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Benjamin Franklin Upton, Photographer, Big Lake
1857 -1865 A famous 1800’s photographer named Benjamin Franklin Upton lived in Big Lake for about 8 years according to the Minnesota Historical Society. According to the 1860 Big Lake census he owned $2000 worth of property and $300 in personal property. Bonus points to anyone who can figure out where his home was! Upton
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Joe Cook
[Modula id=’3′] Great article. I love the part about kids ringing his doorbell to use the bathroom! Terri Larson My grampa a constable & a PT deputy that knew Joe well & would come pickup Grampa Henry Larson & ride around with Joe & Chet & a few others Connie Jacobson Joe Cook always found
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Father Ray
Dori Skoog Holland He was such a great guy. Lisa Anthony Yes he was Dori Skoog Holland Donald Christensen I might. I am coming to Big Lake in July . I will go though my mother’s pictures before then. They are in storage now. Terri Miller I do but I will have to look through
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Grandma Rued’s Worse Verse (1971)
Jon Baldwin contribution: My Mom has a signed copy of Marion’s poetry book. She was our neighbor when we lived on Eagle Lake Road (in the 1970s). She lived in a large old scary looking house on a heavily wooded/overgrown lot…which was located about where the new high school driveway is now (entry off Eagle
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1930-31 School Enrollment
Arlene Smith let me photograph this photo to share. She said that it was not just her and Lyle’s graduating class, but the entire Big Lake school enrollment for the entire year of 1930-31. So awesome to get this because I think the Big Lake History book only had photos starting in 1932 and since
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Darlene Fahlan’s Gallery of Artwork
Darlene Fahlan, 86, passed away peacefully November 30, 2015 at her home in Big Lake. She was preceded in death by her husband, Arnold Fahlan, her brothers Vern and Robert Cahlander, and her parents, Julia and Robert Cahlander, Sr. Darlene is survived by her children, Linda Evans, Princeton, MN, Joy Fahlan Nalikak, Anchorage, AK, and