Category Archives: History

Knowing What We Know Now

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Betsy Wuebker

Many of you know that we’ve experienced a death in the family. Over the 4th of July holiday, Pete’s mom was taken ill, hospitalized and quickly transitioned from curative care into hospice once a clear diagnosis was made.  She passed … Continue reading →

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Shortcake Wars

Posted on June 25, 2010 by Betsy Wuebker

I recently traveled to Michigan’s Traverse City and Leelanau County for a get-together with my brother and cousins. One of the best parts of visiting this lovely area in June is that the strawberry crop is ready. My cousin, Joan, … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare at the Guthrie: Macbeth

Posted on April 12, 2010 by Betsy Wuebker

Over the Easter weekend, Pete and I were pleased to host visiting Michigan relatives.  The occasion was a milestone birthday for my cousin, Joan.  Her dad, my Uncle Jack, who is in his mid-eighties, wanted to come to Minneapolis, too.  … Continue reading →

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Roaming Through Michigan

Posted on February 10, 2010 by Betsy Wuebker

The link to this charming vintage film arrived recently in an email from Michigan relatives.  It opens with views of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lake Shore and lovely Leelanau County, which we wrote about here.  The aerial view of … Continue reading →

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LAKE MINNETONKA – THE LURE AND THE LORE

Posted on August 6, 2009 by Betsy Wuebker

In 1822, two teenage boys, Joe Brown (for whom Brown’s Bay was eventually named) and Will Snelling (whose father lent the family surname to the fort under his command on the Mississippi River) set secretly off westward in a canoe … Continue reading →

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