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Around Jane's dining table: Bob Weisell, Jill Weisell, Jane, father Bill Weisell, grandmother Willa Craig | Weisell Photo

Memories of Neahtawanta – Campfires, Ukuleles, and Renovating an Old Schoolhouse

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Vintage Bowers Harbor Inn Menu | Jane's Archives

Here’s a Vintage Bowers Harbor Inn Menu – I Have Questions

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Dave Murphy played baseball with his dad - Ed Murphy, pictured - just one time, but it was a memorable game | Murphy Photo

Throwing Rocks at the Sun – a Father’s Day Tribute

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Mother Sun Rises - A Poem for Mother's Day by Harry Vann Phillips | Harry Phillips Photo

A Poem for Mother’s Day – Mother Sun Rises

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Mexican Drive-In Poster; Bowers Harbor on the Old Mission Peninsula, 1960s | Poster Courtesy of Katy Kern

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I Was a Guard at the Mexican Drive-In at Bowers Harbor...

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

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Old Mission History: WWI Letters Discovered in Back of Closet

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New Panther Arctic Cat Snowmobile delivered to Walter Johnson house in Old Mission in 1969

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Jane’s World: Johnsons Get a New Arctic Cat Snowmobile in 1969

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Johnson Kids 1960s, Old Mission Peninsula

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

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

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

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Dean, Ward and Carol Johnson on a home-made raft in Old Mission, 1966 | Mary Johnson Photo

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Jane’s World: Our Home-Made Raft in Old Mission, 1966

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A Guide to Pronouncing Family Names on the Old Mission Peninsula: Kroupa Family 1920

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The Official Guide to Pronouncing Old Family Names on the Old...

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Jon and Amy Dayton celebrate 50 years of marriagesula

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Old Mission People: Jon and Amy Jo Dayton Celebrate 50th Anniversary

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Vi Solomonson and daughter Mary Jo Lance, Jane Boursaw Photo

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Interview: Vi Solomonson Talks 60+ Years With Peninsula Telephone Company

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1943-1945, Cutting Ice in Old Mission Harbor: Chum Reay and Brud Reay on the Ice-Cutting Machine

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Old Mission History: Marty Reay on Chum’s Ice Business, Iconic Truck...

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

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When Nick Kroupa Dared Tim to Jump Off the Lighthouse Buoy

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The Saga of ‘Misadventures Aboard the Metropolis’

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That Time We Rang the Old Mission School Bell in 1956

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When You Accidentally Meet the Gray Sisters and It’s Awesome

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A Brief History of Mexican Migrant Workers on the OMP

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Jane’s World: Cleaning Your Mom’s House Out

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Wunsch Condos, spiders

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Jane’s World: Wunsch Condos, Spiders and Justice For All

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Ogensburg United Methodist Church Junior Choir 1960s

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Throwback Thursday: Ogdensburg UMC Junior Choir Circa 1962

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Tim and Jane: A Love Story

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