Hi Carole, Windom area here :) . Went to Pipestone a lot while I was in HS for the sports teams. My main families are in Jackson, Lakefield and Okabena, with some I have found, in the Mt. Lake area. Who woulda thunk huh?? LOL Through research, I have some distant cousins in Pipestone also, what surname, I dont remember, I would have to go back through my records. I miss my snow terribly, but not the cold or scooping it. I miss the season changes. While everything there should be bright oranges, reds and yellows.... I am basically stuck with green and then after the "hard" freeze (usually in Jan), I get brown... LOL. Through my trip back home this past 4th of July, I got to see the homestead of my mother's family :) That was interesting because they still have a portion of the original house. I thought it was a corncrib because it was so..... "breezy" looking...I could basically see right through it. How did they stay warm???? Anyways, enough babbling. Everyone make a snowangel for me this year :) Lori L (Aden) Hoper --------------------------------- Get your own web address for just $1.99/1st yr. We'll help. Yahoo! Small Business.
About the breezy look . . . when we moved to this central MN area where we currently live, in 1960, I saw some out buildings that definitely had that "breezy" look to them too. In fact I actually thought that in hard times looked they had removed every other board maybe for firewood or something. Only this past year have I learned that those were tobacco drying sheds!! Built intentionally with the boards spaced for air circulation during the drying time from harvest in the fall until they stripped the leaves starting in about February!! That is the first I had ever heard of tobacco being grown 50 miles north of Minneapolis!! And, in fact, now have eight different farmers' names who were growing tobacco. It was shipped out of Long's Siding in bales!! Such an interesting little piece of our local history!! Is there any possibility that this could be the case for your breezy looking building? Jeanine ----- Original Message ----- From: "T and L Hoper" <hoperfamily@yahoo.com> To: <minnesota@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 6:04 AM Subject: Re: [MINNESOTA] Southern Minnesota > Hi Carole, > > Windom area here :) . Went to Pipestone a lot while I was in HS for the > sports teams. > > My main families are in Jackson, Lakefield and Okabena, with some I have > found, in the Mt. Lake area. Who woulda thunk huh?? LOL Through > research, I have some distant cousins in Pipestone also, what surname, I > dont remember, I would have to go back through my records. > > I miss my snow terribly, but not the cold or scooping it. I miss the > season changes. While everything there should be bright oranges, reds and > yellows.... I am basically stuck with green and then after the "hard" > freeze (usually in Jan), I get brown... LOL. > > Through my trip back home this past 4th of July, I got to see the > homestead of my mother's family :) That was interesting because they > still have a portion of the original house. I thought it was a corncrib > because it was so..... "breezy" looking...I could basically see right > through it. How did they stay warm???? > > Anyways, enough babbling. Everyone make a snowangel for me this year :) > > Lori L (Aden) Hoper > > > --------------------------------- > Get your own web address for just $1.99/1st yr. We'll help. Yahoo! Small > Business. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MINNESOTA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >
OK, I'll make a snowangel for you. Besides Hall, I have Strattons from Minnesota, also. Mostly southern part. Carole ----- Original Message ----- From: "T and L Hoper" <hoperfamily@yahoo.com> To: <minnesota@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 4:04 AM Subject: Re: [MINNESOTA] Southern Minnesota > Hi Carole, > > Windom area here :) . Went to Pipestone a lot while I was in HS for the > sports teams. > > My main families are in Jackson, Lakefield and Okabena, with some I have > found, in the Mt. Lake area. Who woulda thunk huh?? LOL Through > research, I have some distant cousins in Pipestone also, what surname, I > dont remember, I would have to go back through my records. > > I miss my snow terribly, but not the cold or scooping it. I miss the > season changes. While everything there should be bright oranges, reds and > yellows.... I am basically stuck with green and then after the "hard" > freeze (usually in Jan), I get brown... LOL. > > Through my trip back home this past 4th of July, I got to see the > homestead of my mother's family :) That was interesting because they > still have a portion of the original house. I thought it was a corncrib > because it was so..... "breezy" looking...I could basically see right > through it. How did they stay warm???? > > Anyways, enough babbling. Everyone make a snowangel for me this year :) > > Lori L (Aden) Hoper > > > --------------------------------- > Get your own web address for just $1.99/1st yr. We'll help. Yahoo! Small > Business. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MINNESOTA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message