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Photographs from the Johnson family albums with excerpts from Donald B. Johnson's memoirs. Quoted material below captions is excerpted from his manuscript. Plate 1 - The Neller-Miller Family - Donald's maternal grandparents, great aunts, great uncles. Plate 2 - The Neller Family - Donald's maternal grandmother, great aunts and great uncles. Plate 3 - The Miller Children - Donald's mother, maternal aunt and maternal uncles. Plate 4 - The Edward W. Miller Family - Donald's maternal uncle, aunt and cousins. Plate 5 - The Robert Miller Family - Donald's maternal uncle and aunt. Plate 6 - Nellie Miller - Donald's maternal aunt. Plate 7 - Amelia Miller - Donald's mother. Plate 8 - The Olson-Johanson (Johnson) Family - Donald's paternal grandparents, aunts and uncles. Plate 9 - The Johanson (Johnson) Children - Donald's paternal aunts and uncles. Plate 10 - Bennie Johnson and his brothers - Donald's father and paternal uncles. The rest of these plates are still under construction; the photos are not yet restored. There are 60 plates in Volume I; there are no photo plates for Volume II yet. Plate 11 - Bennie Johnson and his siblings - Donald's father, paternal uncles and aunts. Plate 12 - George and Nina (Overn) Johnson family - Donald's paternal uncle and aunt. Plate 13 - Ole and Lena Johnson family - Donald's paternal uncle and aunt. Plate 14 - Ole and Lena Johnson family - Donald's paternal uncle and aunt. Plate 15 - Anna and William Langley family - Donald's paternal uncle and aunt. Plate 16 - John and Mary (Storandt) Johnson family - Donald's paternal uncle and aunt. Plate 17 - Inga and Lars Borreson family - Donald's paternal uncle and aunt. Plate 18 - Inga and Lars Borreson family - Donald's paternal uncle and aunt. Plate 19 - Olga and Melvin Olson family - Donald's paternal uncle and aunt. Plate 20 - Anna Louise Olson Johanson Larson - Donald's grandmother. Plate 21 - Anna Louise Olson Johanson - Donald's grandmother, with daughter, granddaughters, great granddaughter. Plate 22 - Anna Louise Olson Johanson Larson - Donald's grandmother, with her second husband, Ole T. Larson. Plate 23 - Anna and Jens Johanson's first grandchildren, Mabel and Harry Johnson - Donald's cousins. Plate 24 - George and Nina Johnson's restaurant and store. Plate 25 - George and Nina Johnson's picnic excursions. Plate 26 - Visiting relatives in Wisconsin. Plate 27 - In the footsteps of the explorers. Plate 28 - Visiting cousins. Plate 29 - Bennie Johnson in Ashby 1900-1920. Plate 30 - The livery stable and house in Ashby. Plate 31 - Bennie and Amelia (Miller) Johnson. Plate 32 - Donald Benjamin and Marjory Nellie Johnson. Plate 33 - The Johnson family. Plate 34 - The neighborhood, Ashby, Minnesota, circa 1920. Plate 35 - Ashby Public School, circa 1925. Plate 36 - Home on the farm, circa 1924. Plate 37 - Company on the farm. Plate 38 - Animals in every picture. Plate 39 - Fur farming fever. Plate 40 - Trapping and fur farming. Plate 41 - The Rowboat. Plate 42 - Shearing Sheep. Plate 43 - Horse Trading. Plate 44 - Farming with horses. Plate 45 - Stacking hay with horses. Plate 46 - A visit from Aunt Ella. Plate 47 - From horses to airplanes. Plate 48 - Marjory. Plate 49 - Paving a highway. Plate 50 - "Crazy to drive a truck." Plate 51 - Skis, hip boots and a puppy. Plate 52 - Ski-joring, Sledding and Sleighing Plate 53 - Wash ice and ice skating. Plate 54 - Colts, lambs and raccoons. Plate 55 - Horse trainer. Plate 56 - Horseplay. Plate 57 - California bound - 1936. Plate 58 - Gold Fever. Plate 59 - The Fortune Teller. Plate 60 - Just Married. |
This is volume 1 of 2, drafted by Donald B. Johnson before his death in 1982. It has been arranged in sections for continuity but is otherwise generally as he wrote it. Page 1 - My Grandparents and Ancestry Page 2 - Parents: Bennie and Amelia Page 3 - Ashby, Minnesota, circa 1915 Page 4 - Youth In Ashby Page 5 - Friends and Neighbors Page 6 - Living in Town Page 7 - School, Grades 1-3 Page 8 - The Farm, circa 1920 Page 9 - Ashby, Minnesota, circa Page 10 - Cars Page 11 - Roads: The Yellowstone Trail Page 12 - Farm Life, circa 19 Page 13 - Horses Page 14 - School, Grades 4-8 Page 15 - Farm Neighbors Page 16 - Duck Hunters Page 17 - Farm Life, circa Page 18 - Ashby, 1920s Page 19 - Horsepower Page 20 - Fur, Fish and Game Page 21 - The Depression Page 22 - Working For Hire Page 23 - Gravel Page 24 - Hay, Feed and Grain Page 25 - Threshing Page 26 - Shearing Sheep Page 27 - Horse Trading Page 28 - Building Highway 52 Page 29 - Fun Page 30 - California Page 31 - Hollywood Drive-In Page 32 - The Girl Of My Dreams Page 33 - A Wedding and a Homecoming End of Volume I - Start of Volume II. Page 34 - Starting A Farm Page 35 - Starting A Family Page 36 - Modernizing The Farm Page 37 - The Gravel Pit Page 38 - Hard Times Page 39 - Cat Work Page 40 - Raising A Family Page 41 - Back On The Home Farm Page 42 - Fins, Feathers And Fur Page 43 - Away From The Farm Page 44 - Laundry and Treasure Cove Page 45 - My Incredible Journey To Alaska (1980) Page 46 - My Second Incredible Journey To Alaska (1981) This is the end of Volume II text, with illustrations to come. Page 47 - Footnotes |
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