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Brit Eaton holds a photo of the infamous sailboat that flipped over in West Bay on one stormy day in 1964 | Jane Boursaw Photo

Old Mission Stories: A Neahtawanta Sailboat, a Storm Over West Bay,...

Brit Eaton - April 8, 2024 2

Tim Boursaw on the steps of the Old Mission school house, 65 years later; log church on the right and Deb's former house across the road | Jane Boursaw Photo

So It Begins, Part 2

Tim Boursaw - March 15, 2021 5

Winter on Bluff Road, Old Mission Peninsula | Jane Boursaw Photo

An Old Mission Poem: We Live Here Content (An Ode to...

Jane Louise Boursaw - February 25, 2025 4

Tim and Jane: A Love Story

Jane Louise Boursaw - December 31, 2015 30

Johnson Kids 1960s, Old Mission Peninsula

Jane's World: Christmas in Old Mission With the Johnson Kids, Circa...

Jane Louise Boursaw - December 24, 2019 1

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A Brief History of Mexican Migrant Workers on the OMP

Jane Louise Boursaw - July 26, 2017 29

Vintage Old Mission Peninsula farm photos; Johnson Farms on Center Road

Happy Labor Day: Vintage OMP Farm Photos and Hardworking Farmers

Jane Louise Boursaw - September 4, 2023 6

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The Haunting of Bowers Harbor Inn – Is It Genevieve Stickney’s...

Jane Louise Boursaw - October 31, 2018 20

Ogensburg United Methodist Church Junior Choir 1960s

Throwback Thursday: Ogdensburg UMC Junior Choir Circa 1962

Jane Louise Boursaw - January 28, 2016 9

Foggy Blue Water Road on the Old Mission Peninsula | Jane Boursaw Photo

Old Mission Peninsula: A Sanctuary We Are Fortunate to Call Home

Harry Vann Phillips - May 15, 2025 2

Letter from Army to Stella Edgecomb about Frank Edgecomb's death in WWI | Jane Boursaw Photo

Old Mission History: WWI Letters Discovered in Back of Closet

Jane Louise Boursaw - February 24, 2020 22

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Jane’s World: Water Spout Over East Bay in 1963

Jane Louise Boursaw - July 23, 2015 17

How Tim Boursaw and his Triumph TR3 ended up in the Empire Hill Climb

That Time Tim Accidentally Did the Empire Hill Climb in the...

Tim Boursaw - September 13, 2019 3

Chum Reay's Truck Door after Tim Boursaw found it in the woods

Celebration of Life Planned for Marty Reay

Jane Louise Boursaw - August 23, 2024 1

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I Was a Guard at the Mexican Drive-In at Bowers Harbor in the 1960s

Old Mission Peninsula: A Sanctuary We Are Fortunate to Call Home

A Brief History of Mexican Migrant Workers on the OMP

The Saga of ‘Misadventures Aboard the Metropolis’

So It Begins, Part 2

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