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| ===== Northome, MN ===== | ===== Northome, MN ===== | ||
| - | Northome is located in the northern part of the state, between Bemidji and International Falls (yes, where it gets cold, like -40° cold). Fred Ungerecht was the first to arrive, apparently fleeing the dust bowl conditions that North Dakota was experiencing. His brother Walter Ungerecht came in the 40's, returned to [[13_GlenUllin|Glen Ullin]] in 1950 to run the family ranch due to illness in the family, then came back to Northome in 1956. Fred eventually left for Washington state, but his son Vernon stayed on the farm. | + | Northome is located in the northern part of the state, between Bemidji and International Falls (yes, where it gets cold, like -40° cold). Fred Ungerecht was the first to arrive, apparently fleeing the dust bowl conditions that North Dakota was experiencing. His brother Walter Ungerecht came in the 40's, returned to [[103_GlenUllin|Glen Ullin]] in 1950 to run the family ranch due to illness in the family, then came back to Northome in 1956. Fred eventually left for Washington state, but his son Vernon stayed on the farm. |
| {{ :gilsteadlake_craigjackken_sm.jpg?200|Fishing in northern MN}}Northome is way back in the sticks, with an average population density of less than 2 people per square mile (the "uninhabited" color of most population maps). One of the attractions during the Great Depression was that if a family was really going hungry, they could shoot a deer to feed themselves, and it wouldn't draw attention. (And our families were quite poor at that time). Also, with the numerous swamps and lakes, there was always water for the cattle and the gardens. Most of the area is woods, both private and public, so some money could be made on the side with logging or trapping animals for fur. People hunted, fished, or grew most of their own food, cut their own wood for heating, and sometimes built their own log houses. | {{ :gilsteadlake_craigjackken_sm.jpg?200|Fishing in northern MN}}Northome is way back in the sticks, with an average population density of less than 2 people per square mile (the "uninhabited" color of most population maps). One of the attractions during the Great Depression was that if a family was really going hungry, they could shoot a deer to feed themselves, and it wouldn't draw attention. (And our families were quite poor at that time). Also, with the numerous swamps and lakes, there was always water for the cattle and the gardens. Most of the area is woods, both private and public, so some money could be made on the side with logging or trapping animals for fur. People hunted, fished, or grew most of their own food, cut their own wood for heating, and sometimes built their own log houses. | ||
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