BOB ZOSEL
The ice business in Wadena 
I got to thinking about the ice man when I was a kid and realized that people under the age of 60 don’t have much idea of refrigeration used before 1940.
By Bob Zosel , December 31, 2009
A sketch of the life of Joseph Mettel
I was very fortunate to have had Joseph Mettel as my neighbor for 21 years, the only stupid thing on my part was that although we discussed many things I was not into the history thing in those days so never talked very much about the old-time Wadena, which of course today would be number one on my agenda.
By BOB ZOSEL From Harald Boen’s column , December 11, 2009
Every car ride was a joy ride
Editor’s note: this is the conclusion of Bob Zosel’s history of cars and their owners in the Wadena area.By BOB ZOSEL From the files of the Pioneer Journa, Wadena County Historical Societyl and Harald Boen , November 20, 2009
More than mobility: Cars through the years in Wadena
The first mention of an automobile in Wadena was in a 1903 Pioneer Journal as follows: “The automobile ordered from Cleveland, Ohio, by the Ebner Brothers will not be here the first of May, according to the contract made.November 13, 2009
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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