Behind the Victory Flagpole — The native people say goodbye
A long time ago there were many tribes of indigenous peoples living around Minneapolis – some at Lake Harriet, some around Lake Calhoun and some …
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Articles pertaining to historical information to the Camden neighborhoods.
Behind the Victory Flag pole — Around the neighborhood
Bill Jackman, who used to live at 4110 Queen Avenue N., has been gone several years now. One of his favorite things was to notice what was going on …
Behind the Victory Flagpole — Crows, but not birds
Recently I found some old tucked-away notes that my boy cousins, John and Bill Crow had written about their family, the Crows of Camden, who had lived …
Behind the Victory Flagpole – From stoves to phones and more
Now and then I like to shake myself back into the reality of how things are today, by reading what my friend, Bill Jackman, had to say about his …
Behind the Victory Flagpole – The man and the school
A long time ago there was a much admired man living in this area and his name was Floyd Bjornsterne Olson. He was born of immigrant Norwegian and Swedish …
Behind the Victory Flagpole – Santa is here
T’was the night before Christmas and all over Camden Thousands of people were all out a scramblin’. Looking for last minute gifts very nice That …
Behind the Victory Flagpole – Food for thought
Since the beginning of time there has been a huge revolution in the area of foods, from the time of Adam and Eve in their ‘apple orchard’ until now. …
Behind the Victory Flagpole – Little Jenny Lind
Reading and writing and ‘rithmetic, Taught to the tune of a hickory stick… That’s the vision I get when I think of a little school called Jenny …
Behind the Victory Flagpole – A Special Lake
Good news! I recently read in the Camden News that Ryan Lake has its own little park. Well, it’s about time! Not that it has gone unnoticed all these …
Behind the Victory Flagpole – The travelers three
Mother loved to travel. I don’t mean short trips down the Drive to Blomquist’s Market. I mean far away. It was always her, my sister Lorraine and …