Maps. Another Layer to the Story
Yesterday I presented virtually at the 13th Annual Minnesota Northstar Genealogy Conference. What a difference it is to present to […]
Cook, Lady Elgin
Cook
Collision on a Grade
On this day 127 years ago, my great-great-grandfather, 43-year-old Alfred Cook, arrived in Marshfield in time to catch the 6:15
Lady Elgin
The Lady Elgin Disaster, Part 2
There were many people on the bluffs watching for the Lady Elgin to pass the night of September 7-8, 1860.
Lady Elgin
The Lady Elgin Disaster, Part 1
It is that time of year when the Cook family starts to remember a September night, now 160 years ago,