CONTENTS

FEATURES

HOBBY
28    Fort Mahogany
By Jodie Tweed
Take a step back in time to Bar Harbor
owner John Allen’s new private classic boat and automobile showroom.

HISTORY
32    Pioneer Women of The
Northland
By Julie Jo Larson
Meet the brave early women pioneers
of Crow Wing County.

RECREATION
36    Zip Lining at Mount Ski Gull
By Kate Perkins
A new zip line tour in Lake Country
is taking adventurers to new heights.

FAMILY
40    A Family Business Built on
Horse Sense
By Tenlee Lund
A Nisswa farrier and his family’s history
with horsemanship goes back more than
one hundred years.

DEPARTMENTS

IN EVERY ISSUE
4     Editor’s Journal
6    Contributors
8    Lake Country Letters

ECHOES OFF THE LAKE
10    Front Porch  |  College Parents’ Survival
Guide Book Excerpt, Kids Against Hunger,
Minnesota Author Recommendations
16    Poetry  |  Verse Like Water
18    Lake Country Lore  |  Charles A. Lindbergh
Historic Site
22    Education  |  Lake Country Charter Schools
24    Home  |  Tiny House
44    Outdoors  |  Fall Horseback Riding
46    Arts  |  The ‘G’ Behind G-Bar-6
49    Cooking  |  Crab-eye Cakes
52    Community Arts  |  Leech Lake Arts League
56    Health  |  Achieving Mindfulness
58    Lake of the Month  |  Lake Edward
60    Healing  |  Discovery Horse
64    Business  |  Vollmer’s Harness and Saddle Shop
67    Calendar of Events