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Merickel’s travels and his final days

We continue this week with the story of Arthur Jesse (A.J.) Merickel and the Merickel family, detailing the man’s travels and his last days.

By BOB ZOSEL From the files of the Northern Pacific Farmer, the Wadena Tribune and the Wadena County Historical Society , October 02, 2009

Arthur Jesse Merickel and the Merickel family

The subject of this article, Arthur Jesse Merickel, involves many people as he came from a large family and sired many children.

By BOB ZOSEL From the files of the Northern Pacific Farmer, the Wadena Tribune and the Wadena County Historical Society , September 25, 2009

Katzky was pioneer businessman

About a month ago, I had the privilege and pleasure of spending a day visiting with Muriel Christen Jones and her husband, Bill. They are an 86-year-old couple from Claremont, Calif., who opted to take an Amtrak tour which led from their home through Arizona, New Mexico, Texas to Chicago and then to St. Paul. In St. Paul they rented a car and came to Wadena in pursuit of information on Muriel’s great-grandfather, Marcus Jerome Katzky.

By BOB ZOSEL From the files of the Northern Pacific Farmer, the Wadena Tribune and the Wadena County Historical Society , September 11, 2009

Burch: an ample man with ample talents

(This article is continued from the Aug. 13 edition of the Pioneer Journal.)

By BOB ZOSEL From the files of the Wadena County Historical Society and the Pioneer Journal with help from Postmaster Jeff Zimmerman and rural carrier Marilynn Uselman. , August 26, 2009

Burch and the Wadena opera hall

Soon after the end of World War II, when I was new in the hardware business, I made a delivery to Henry Franklin Burch in his magnificent red brick mansion on south Jefferson.

By Bob Zosel, from the files of the Wadena Pioneer Journal, Wadena County Historical Society and Harald Boen columns. , August 12, 2009

Roads in our rear view mirror

In 1915, Edwin T. Meredith came up with the idea of a transcontinental highway, patterned after the recently built Lincoln Highway which ran east and west across the nation. His dream was that this new highway should run north and south from New Orleans to Winnipeg, Canada, passing through Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa and Minnesota.

By BOB ZOSEL From the files of the Wadena County Historical Society and the Pioneer Journal with help from Postmaster Jeff Zimmerman and rural carrier Marilynn Uselman. , May 06, 2009

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