Stagecoach Inn and prairie ruts tell a pioneer tale
East of Graettinger Iowa an old stagecoach road left deep ruts to a Des Moines River crossing and an inn now in ruins. The author recalls Milwaukee Road rail race, winter stage journeys, settlers from Canada, and harsh Iowa winters with towns from Emmetsburg to Spirit Lake and beyond.
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Joe Gabrielsen
Graettinger
Iowa
Mother Earth
Des Moines
Spirit Lake
Minnesota
Henry Lammers
Milwaukee
Brekke
Rock Island Railroad
Milwaukee Road
Fort Dodge
Joseph Bradley
Estherville
Rosewood Manor
Grandfather McEvoy
Conways
Canada
Osgood
Mike
Ben Bradley
Emmetsburg
Wells Place
Willow Grove
Terris
Joe
Local Greetings Highlight Broad Family Visits And Farewells
A stream of visitors arrives in the area including Mr and Mrs Gary Steen and relatives from Chicago Oceanside and Havelock. Craig Daniels visits for a week from Des Moines while relatives greet Mary Andersen at Lakeside Lutheran Home. Amos Mammen hosts Father s Day guests as families reassemble with travel from Estherville Mason City and Taft Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craig Noble
Paul Noble
Albany
Oregon
US Navy
San Diego
Calif
Porter Thors
Charles Lande
Montgomery
Minnesota
Norfolk
Virginia
Thorson
Morgan Tonderum
Bill Johnson
Susan
Fatherville
Gordon Tonderum
Teril
Benny Tonderum
Terril
Steven Johnson
Estherville
Gary Steen
Sauday
Robert Bittrich
Chicago
C.A. Steen
Oceanside
California
Hannah Steen
Havelock
Craig Daniels
Weldon Daniels
Des Moines
Eda Clemenson
Mary Andersen
Lakeside Lutheran Home
Kenneth Jacobsen
Columbia
Jane Fogde
Steven Rock Island
Clinton Fogde
Linda
Fort Dodge
Donna Merkel
Sioux City
Joan Phelps
Emmetsburg
Arthur Fogde
Spencer
Graettinger
Mary Evelyn Rose
Marie Reeves
Anna Jorgensen
Mary Christensen
Ida Christensen
Ernie Andresen
Esther Clemsteon
Esther Simonsen
Bertha Fogde
Clarissia Swanson
Amos Mammen
Don Helmick
Ted
Cindy
Julie
Debbie
Bill Mammen
Joan
Wallingford
Paul
Kroenke
Robert Masters
Teresa
Stan Horsewell
Phillip
Dunnell
Minn
Richard Mammen
Mason City
Richard
Amos
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Stagecoach
Paul Anderson
Cumberland
Wisconsin
Arnold Anderson
Ames
Chet Paulson
David
Toronto
Vernie Jacobsen
Earnest Skattebo
Floyd Eaton
Anna Erickton
Rodman
Silas Lundy
Donald Lundy
Steven
Mrs. Porter Tharon
Jennifer and
Ann Tonderum
Roger Tonderum
Ingver Grove Heights
Paul Tonderum
Harlan Tonderum
Maquoketa
National Honor Society
Mammen
Taft, Texas
Margaret Miller
Wallingford News
David Hatland
Washington State
Hatland
Lynn
Elsie Herum
Mr. Hatland
Estherville Ford
Bob
V.I.P
Foku
Anc
Feel Avenue Herth
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