July/Aug 08

Cabins of Minnesota is part of the Minnesota Byways series published by the Minnesota Historical Society;

Bill Holm, Author; Doug Ohman, Photographer.

Kayleen Larson, Client Services Director at Lake Country Journal Magazine, recently spoke with photographer Doug Ohman about his work on this book.

Q: How did you find the cabins for this book?

In addition to the interesting museums included in Gary Midge’s article, here are a few more that will acquaint you with Lake Country history.

Minnesota Lakes Maritime Museum

Alexandria, MN
(320) 759-1114

Runestone Museum & Historic Fort Alexandria

Alexandria, MN
(320) 763-3160

Minnesota Museum of Mining

Chisholm, MN
(218) 254-5543

By Sheila Peterson Helmberger

Members of the Ganley family have carried on their vacation tradition for seventy years.

Fifty-one weeks of the year, the Ganley family is like every other family.

 
After Janice Bradshaw welcomes you to her garden, you may want to visit more gardens throughout Minnesota. Here are some of our favorite Lake Country gardens—and you can start your tour right on the Web!

Janice recommends:

Living Legacy Gardens

Central Lakes College Agriculture Center, Staples, MN

Ten O’Clock Coffee

By James O. Ramstad,
Detroit Lakes, MN

Each weekday morn about at ten
The Main Street holds some older men
Who gather in its southeast space
To voice a viewpoint face to face.

The coffee, soda pop and tea
Conjoins the numbers game to see
What minion lacking fortune‚s smile
Must pay the price for luck so vile.

What You Can Do

By Sharon Wetteland

By Cynthia Moe

"But we in it shall be remember’d;
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he today that sheds his blood with me,
Shall be my brother."
—From Shakespeare’s King Henry V, “St. Crispian’s Day” speech.

Jodi Schwen
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

1. A good beachcomber has her eyes open—looking for what may be hidden in plain view.

Text and Photography by John Pennoyer

 
You’ve seen the county fair through the eyes of Lake Country Photographers. If you’d like to see them through your own eyes, make a point to visit some of them.

Aitkin County Fair

Aitkin, MN
July 9-12, 2008