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