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20 YEARS AGO
NOVEMBER 26, 2001
An historic Grand Marais building is about to be infused with new life. The former Grand Marais Playhouse building — the old church and school — has been purchased from the Playhouse organization by local artist Betsy Bowen. The building has a long history in the Grand Marais art scene; it served as the performance space for the Playhouse for more than 20 years. When the Playhouse organization left the building for the ACA, the space was closed and used for storage and occasional summer rehearsals. “My thought is to have it be a place for art to happen,” said Betsy Bowen. v In the wake of the failed referendum, the Cook County school board last week began the painful process of budget pruning that will continue for several more years. At their November 19 meeting Superintendent Dale Tormondsen recommended that the cuts come in three areas: staff development ($20,000 to $30,000), late bus service ($11,000) and freezing new hires. The board approved the recommendation by a 4-1 vote.
60 YEARS AGO
NOVEMBER 23, 1961
The driver of one of Edwin Thoreson’s trucks miraculously escaped injury Monday. Working on the new road into the Eric Bergstrom place in the Sea Gull area, the truck went down a 15-foot embankment, a long pole went through the cab of the truck, but the driver was not hurt.
v The school has acquired a new driver’s training car, much to the joy of the prospective drivers. It is a ’61 Falcon, dark blue, with a nice big “Student Driver” sign perched on top.
115 YEARS AGO
NOVEMBER 24, 1906
HUNTERS LOST
Peter Wannebo brought news to the Village today that two hunters, B. Caldwell and J.S. Lincoln of Duluth, were lost in the woods north of Good Harbor Hill. They had been in the woods for eleven days. They are probably hopelessly lost. They have a compass, a map, and cartridges, but no axe. A posse is being organized to search for the hunters.
December 1, 1906, update: ALL HOPE ABANDONED IN THE SEARCH AND RESCUE OF THE HUNTERS Tracking trail lost at stream bed. Hunters probably drowned or perished from exposure.
December 8, 1906, update: LOST HUNTERS BROUGHT BACK BY RESCUING PARTY SUNDAY EVENING The hunters were not lost, simply snowbound. They ended up at Mud Lake camp the first night because they had followed a moose on an unsuccessful hunt.
The next day, they discovered 3 1/2 feet of snow on the ground, remained at Mud Lake camp on short rations, and then tried to leave camp but had to turn back. On November 23, they started for Mark Lake camp without food, traveled one mile each day. Travel was terrible.
Camping in big cedar swamps, they created partial shelter with snow, wood, cedar boughs, and small pieces of canvas. The men ate two porcupines plus some bread and rice over the two-week ordeal. Mr. Caldwell became ill and lost 35 pounds. November 28-29: They rested at Mark Lake camp and mended their clothes. There was no food or supplies for them there. It had been removed. The hunters left a note that said, “If you have any physical or moral courage, follow us, and be quick.”
November 30: Started for the Cascade River, camped on a big elevation about 1 1/2 miles from Pike Lake.
December 1: The rescuers found the note at Mark Lake camp, followed the hunter’s trail and soon saw campfire smoke rising into the sky. They began running and shouting. Their shouts were answered with gun shots. The five true men who constituted that little band of rescuers, Axel Berglund, Gust L. Peterson, Frank Kadonce, Neshota, and Aditoga Longbody, were very happy and surprised to find the lost hunters alive and well.
Berglund and Neshota gave up their snowshoes so the hunters could use them on the return trip. From the Mark Lake camp area, the group trekked to Mrs. E.S. Hume’s homestead shanty where they camped overnight. The next day they traveled by way of Pike Lake and Trout Lake and secured a horse team at Reynold’s Logging Camp on the Cascade. The horses brought them to the village of Grand Marais. J.S Lincoln’s brother had traveled from the east where some of the newspapers had reported that the lost hunters had been devoured by wolves. So, H.T. Lincoln was very happy and surprised to find his brother alive and well.
The whole village celebrated the glad news.
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