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Moving a House Ten Miles in Minnesota Style
Winsted records recount George Stumpf guiding a 10 by 30 foot three room house on a 23 mile move from North Hartland to Hall Meadow. The crew ate in the dwelling during transit and camped by the kitchen stove at night, while another note mentions Stumpf’s lumber business in North Hartland and past moves. Edgar Allem Sloane, a wandering tinsmith known for roaming, was buried in Lisbon North Carolina after choosing it as his final resting place months earlier. His will leaves $10,000 to Minneapolis First Baptist Church, $4,000 to a Manitoba theological school, and the remainder to eastern relatives. Sloane, once famed for roaming, died after a probable train incident near Bonomene California.
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Winsted
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George Stumpf
North Hartland
Hall Meadow
Stumpf
Huntington
Mass
Minneapolis
Minn
Edgar Allem Sloane
Lisbon
N. C
Sloane
First Baptist Church of
Manitoba
Wasl
Bonomene
Cal