Chapter 9 – New Life as Husband & Wife Life in Menomonie was anything but easy in 1884. The logging industry of Maine had moved toward the Midwest by the 1880s. Between 1855 and 1884 the industry had increased by over 1,000 percent between the Chippewa Valley forests and the woods of Dunn County. Millions of […]
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The Christmas Prayer – New Seasons
Chapter 7 – Seasons of Change Nettie and Bertha were overwhelmed on the first day of class when eighty-seven children showed up to the classroom. It quickly became apparent they needed to depend on some of the older children for assistance. It would be proper training for their adult lives to take charge of the […]
The Christmas Prayer – Nettie 1883
Chapter 2 – June 1883 Nettie Perkins hurried down Summit Avenue in St. Paul toward the home of Beth Brandon. The lush trees shaded the street as she walked past the stately William B. Dean house. The first mansion on the street was built in 1855 when land was going for about one dollar per […]
