tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2374808830322685957.post4825490355337789194..comments2024-01-24T05:31:22.471-06:00Comments on troutbirder: Wasioja, Minnesota Revisited. Part Itroutbirderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14087811292280881959noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2374808830322685957.post-25877768682662692662013-07-14T17:19:30.891-06:002013-07-14T17:19:30.891-06:00Vert interesting post. I would find it fascinating...Vert interesting post. I would find it fascinating to visit there.Willowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02507537074005136610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2374808830322685957.post-14566202712573290022013-07-13T14:01:41.281-06:002013-07-13T14:01:41.281-06:00A very interesting bit of history. It's wonde...A very interesting bit of history. It's wonderful that the town (and it's sad history) is still being immortalized. Ginniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12749133391349265563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2374808830322685957.post-12853672263599102013-07-12T17:37:36.542-06:002013-07-12T17:37:36.542-06:00It would be interesting to visit! My husband is qu...It would be interesting to visit! My husband is quite a history buff.Montanagirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16428565909247665015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2374808830322685957.post-90745125461895721072013-07-12T15:44:34.855-06:002013-07-12T15:44:34.855-06:00We recently watched a special on Gettysburg on one...We recently watched a special on Gettysburg on one of the History Channels that was very interesting and well done. Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06116903234641971344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2374808830322685957.post-79576581092632575982013-07-12T07:22:40.275-06:002013-07-12T07:22:40.275-06:00i have seen a few inactments. a friend is an open ...i have seen a few inactments. a friend is an open book to some unusual history at tis time. I often sat in when I could to listen to him offer it out like candy to his students.Out on the prairiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09548162534362532705noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2374808830322685957.post-41588267631715078502013-07-12T07:04:50.757-06:002013-07-12T07:04:50.757-06:00Ah, the Civil War - a case of damned if you do, da...Ah, the Civil War - a case of damned if you do, damned if you don't... So many towns just dried up when they lost their young men to war. And many here in the South are still fighting it! I live in one of the few counties actually named in the Emancipation Proclamation, Accomack. I am surprised Virginia still claimed us - but then we pay our taxes...possumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03912443125826672230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2374808830322685957.post-40143529847607087872013-07-11T21:56:48.391-06:002013-07-11T21:56:48.391-06:00Wasioja - - -lived in Minnesota all of my life and...Wasioja - - -lived in Minnesota all of my life and never heard of this town or its story before.<br /><br />Every little town and big city all over the USA can tell heartbreaking stories about the Civil War.<br /><br />I wonder if Wasioja might have been settled by Finlanders. The name sounds that way to me.<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />JoJo's Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07004590496962477481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2374808830322685957.post-26392939104474005432013-07-11T21:23:27.554-06:002013-07-11T21:23:27.554-06:00Looking forward to Part II. What a great cost.Looking forward to Part II. What a great cost.warriormomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17380682916830380194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2374808830322685957.post-78016807825194790102013-07-11T21:02:39.442-06:002013-07-11T21:02:39.442-06:00The 2nd Minnesota were a great bunch of guys, a nu...The 2nd Minnesota were a great bunch of guys, a number of books have been written about them. You being such a great history buff have probably read them! Sound like a great weekend..full of history! :)Far Side of Fiftyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07995757632158408442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2374808830322685957.post-64214651534220319072013-07-11T20:43:28.209-06:002013-07-11T20:43:28.209-06:00I was born in Alabama and have lived here all my l...I was born in Alabama and have lived here all my life but I agree with Mike. Also, there is no telling how long slavery would have lasted had the war not put an end to it.David Oliverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04260130060172457192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2374808830322685957.post-44042268637896514432013-07-11T20:08:52.995-06:002013-07-11T20:08:52.995-06:00Such an interesting post. I didn't know this h...Such an interesting post. I didn't know this history about this small town, TB. Thank you for sharing it, and I look forward to Part II. DJanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07152183871573797791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2374808830322685957.post-355516934605689412013-07-11T19:56:31.380-06:002013-07-11T19:56:31.380-06:00In a way, it's like English towns and villages...In a way, it's like English towns and villages after WWI, who lost a generation of young men. I think it's important to remember still they died for a noble cause. Visitors now go to the south, and exclaim about the Antebellum mansions, forgetting who's labor built them, and the culture down there. <br />Towns like this in the North are more deserving of our time.<br />Thanks, TBShould Fish Morehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18400586203204886095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2374808830322685957.post-20749783436048590262013-07-11T18:10:29.246-06:002013-07-11T18:10:29.246-06:00Really interesting post. How sad that the whole to...Really interesting post. How sad that the whole town floundered as a result of the war.<br />Glad they have preserved the monuments. That first house so typifies that time period. Arkansas Pattihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14156004753267665579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2374808830322685957.post-31239251480787464802013-07-11T18:04:43.702-06:002013-07-11T18:04:43.702-06:00I would love to visit this, in person. I would love to visit this, in person. Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10123691580195879542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2374808830322685957.post-69055540359523753362013-07-11T17:05:50.650-06:002013-07-11T17:05:50.650-06:00This is right up my husband's alley!This is right up my husband's alley!Ms. Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06263882972749791087noreply@blogger.com