SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 2013
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We told the VIKING WATERWAY STORY to 43 TOURists on the bus.
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The VIKING WATERWAY still exists. We are even more convinced, if that is possible, because the bus driver recognized a second more ancient man-made jetty and Mark Hilde led us to four mooring stones. These events happened on an overcast morning with light drizzle. The events all before lunch! In the afternoon the Tourists saw and walked on the dikes of Alexandria Lake.
The people on the bus have come the DTL LENAPE OMIGA COUNCIL. The DTL council was the first group in North America, who recognized that Hjalmar Holand's 1928 sketch of the waterway between the Red River and the Mississippi River was valid. The DTL council saw man-modified terrain along the waterway.
They saw:
Mooring stones
Boat Ramps,
Channeling,
Jetties (Ancient & Old)
Dikes (two)
and Dams.
There are at least 26 people in the Detroit Lakes region that may be willing to tell the story.
The people on the bus have come the DTL LENAPE OMIGA COUNCIL. The DTL council was the first group in North America, who recognized that Hjalmar Holand's 1928 sketch of the waterway between the Red River and the Mississippi River was valid. The DTL council saw man-modified terrain along the waterway.
They saw:
Mooring stones
Boat Ramps,
Channeling,
Jetties (Ancient & Old)
Dikes (two)
and Dams.
There are at least 26 people in the Detroit Lakes region that may be willing to tell the story.
They will have links to the Online information. They may have access to the Viking Waterway Booklet.
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Other WATERWAY tours with a DTL guide may be made with any size group in any vehicle on any date.
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SO give the Detroit Lakes Chamber of Commerce your name, telephone number, email address, and address.
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The DTL LENAPE COUNCIL will add you to the WATERWAY list. The DTL Council will inform you of the next available Viking Waterway tour.
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If you desire, the DTL will try to coordinate another tour at your connivence.
Plan ahead for summer family exeriece. The Pelican River from Pelican Lake MN to Fergus Falls Mn is a man-modified river.
A family outing with canoes and kayak will be floaring on a river which was man-modified about 3,700 years ago.
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DTL LENAPE OGIMA COUNCIL
AMY DEGENDERSTORM
Becker counthy Historical Society
ROGER JOHNSON
SONS of NORWAY
ROBERT HOOVER
International Director
CHARLES IVERSEN
VP Sons of Norway @ Dettroit Lakes
DETROIT LAKES
CHAMBER of COMMERCE
LIBRAY
ONLINE NEWSPAPER
JIM
The LODGE on the LAKE
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Audubon MN
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Audubon MN
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11 Harry Field Madison WI
12 Audrey Savig Audubon, MN
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36 Linda Hanson Fargo ND
37 Cynthia Nielson Cody, WY
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39 Al Abee Cody, WY
40 Sheila Abee Cody, WY
41 Vern Orcutt Cody, WY
42 Linda Orcutt Cody, WY
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44 Ardia Hegna Detroit Lakes MN
45 Donna Stehling Madison WI
46 William Stehling Madison WI
47 Elizabeth Mathews (?) Detroit Lakes MN
48 Elizabeth Mathews 2 Detroit Lakes MN
49 D.J. Guerrero Fargo ND
50 Candace Olson Detroit Lakes MN
51 Mark Hilde Audubon MN
52 Mary Hilde Audubon MN
53 Kathy Tate St. Paul (?) MN
54 Joseph Priebe Rochester MN
55 Michael Fields Rochester MN
56 Robert Hoover Detroit Lakes MN
57 Dorothy Hoover Detroit Lakes MN
Martinez CA
03 Birdie Lou Paine,
Martinez CA
04 Ancient American Magazine #1
05 Ancient American Magazine #2
06 Robin Mueller
New Prague MN
07 Curtis Rislund
Audubon MN
08 Mary Rislund
Audubon MN
09 Hank Ludtke
Frazee, MN
10 Karen Field Madison WI
11 Harry Field Madison WI
12 Audrey Savig Audubon, MN
13 Jim C Savig Audubon, MN
14 Bob Horner Detroit Lakes, MN
15 David Melgaard Valley City, ND
16 Mrs. David Melgaard Valley City, ND
17 Roger Johnson Detroit Lakes, MN
18 Cleo Johnson Detroit Lakes, MN
19 Shirley Rislund Detroit Lakes, MN
20 Durland Rislund Detroit Lakes, MN
21 Tia Jackson 1 Unknown
22 Tia Jackson 2 Unknown
23 Karsten Melgarrd #1 ND
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25 Jay Hillsten #1 Riverdale IA
26 Jay Hillsten #2 Riverdale IA
27 Tom Stolberg Madison, WI
28 Dan Stolberg Madison, WI
29 Becker Co. Museum #1 MN
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24 Karsten Melgaard #2 ND
25 Jay Hillsten #1 Riverdale IA
26 Jay Hillsten #2 Riverdale IA
27 Tom Stolberg Madison, WI
28 Dan Stolberg Madison, WI
29 Becker Co. Museum #1 MN
30 Becker Co. Museum #2 MN
31 Uhaul #132 Uhaul #2
33 Ruth Lang Detroit Lakes MN
34 Lavaun Childs Detroit Lakes MN
35 Bruce Ray Fargo ND
36 Linda Hanson Fargo ND
37 Cynthia Nielson Cody, WY
38 Martin Nielson Cody, WY
39 Al Abee Cody, WY
40 Sheila Abee Cody, WY
41 Vern Orcutt Cody, WY
42 Linda Orcutt Cody, WY
43 Howard Field Madison WI
44 Ardia Hegna Detroit Lakes MN
45 Donna Stehling Madison WI
46 William Stehling Madison WI
47 Elizabeth Mathews (?) Detroit Lakes MN
48 Elizabeth Mathews 2 Detroit Lakes MN
49 D.J. Guerrero Fargo ND
50 Candace Olson Detroit Lakes MN
51 Mark Hilde Audubon MN
52 Mary Hilde Audubon MN
53 Kathy Tate St. Paul (?) MN
54 Joseph Priebe Rochester MN
55 Michael Fields Rochester MN
56 Robert Hoover Detroit Lakes MN
57 Dorothy Hoover Detroit Lakes MN
TOURist BREIFING
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TOURists, who plan to fly into Fargo (High Ground) airport on Friday, September 27, 2013 should plan to take a rental car to Detroit Lakes, MN, on US 10E, 54 miles. Please make your own reservations for a motel. [See Detroit Lakes Chamber of Commerce site.] Those, who have made reservations to date, are planning to stay at the Best Western Lodge on the Lake.
We plan a CALUMET SAGA TID (Meeting, story telling time) at the Lodge on the Lake Friday evening. The agenda will depend on the attendance. We regret that Carl Johannssen 's wife broke her hip, so he will not attend. He was planning to present a brief summary of his research. [See the link.] The Viking Visitors video. an Introduction, and Copper culture presentations will be available. A projector and big screen will be available for pictures.
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Another CALUMET SAGA TID is planned at the Lodge on the Lake for Saturday evening for those staying overnight. Mark Hilde, who was the first mate on the Hjemkomest when it sailed from Duluth to Bergen, Norway will also talk about his adventure on a Viking ship.
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As we prepared the information pamphlet for the TOUR we discovered a terrain feature that appears to be man-made. The large terrain feature appears to be located at an unique place. The terrain feature may have served an important function in the VIKING WATERWAY.
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We have decided to let you experience the terrain feature in the context of the TOUR. But we also would like the TOURists to evaluate the terrain feature. We want to know what, if anything, we should do about the discovery. So the TOURists will be evaluating this unique terrain feature. Your judgment will be valuable to us.
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"All visitors who pay admission are welcomed to see the
[Hjemkomst Long] ship, the 25-min. documentary about the
building and sailing of the ship, and the Viking-era stave
church replica as well as other exhibits in the museum.
If you would like a guided tour for your group*, please make a
reservation with our visitor services coordinator
Markus Krueger. If these are individuals who are coming on
their own, then they need simply to pay admission."
*Mark Hilde has volunteered to be the guide for the guided
tour. Right now the schedule is not firm. The Hjemkomest
center does not open until 12:00 Noon on Sunday. If you
would like a morning tour on Sunday, September 29, 2013,
please inform Mark or I. We may be able to arrange for
Mark to give the tour in the morning.
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We plan a CALUMET SAGA TID (Meeting, story telling time) at the Lodge on the Lake Friday evening. The agenda will depend on the attendance. We regret that Carl Johannssen 's wife broke her hip, so he will not attend. He was planning to present a brief summary of his research. [See the link.] The Viking Visitors video. an Introduction, and Copper culture presentations will be available. A projector and big screen will be available for pictures.
.
Another CALUMET SAGA TID is planned at the Lodge on the Lake for Saturday evening for those staying overnight. Mark Hilde, who was the first mate on the Hjemkomest when it sailed from Duluth to Bergen, Norway will also talk about his adventure on a Viking ship.
.
As we prepared the information pamphlet for the TOUR we discovered a terrain feature that appears to be man-made. The large terrain feature appears to be located at an unique place. The terrain feature may have served an important function in the VIKING WATERWAY.
.
We have decided to let you experience the terrain feature in the context of the TOUR. But we also would like the TOURists to evaluate the terrain feature. We want to know what, if anything, we should do about the discovery. So the TOURists will be evaluating this unique terrain feature. Your judgment will be valuable to us.
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For those TOURists, who will be using the FARGO airport or driving in, Maureen Jonason HCSCC <maureen.jonason@ci.moorhead.mn.us> invites you to visit
The Hjemkomst Center in Moorhead.
."All visitors who pay admission are welcomed to see the
[Hjemkomst Long] ship, the 25-min. documentary about the
building and sailing of the ship, and the Viking-era stave
church replica as well as other exhibits in the museum.
If you would like a guided tour for your group*, please make a
reservation with our visitor services coordinator
Markus Krueger. If these are individuals who are coming on
their own, then they need simply to pay admission."
*Mark Hilde has volunteered to be the guide for the guided
tour. Right now the schedule is not firm. The Hjemkomest
center does not open until 12:00 Noon on Sunday. If you
would like a morning tour on Sunday, September 29, 2013,
please inform Mark or I. We may be able to arrange for
Mark to give the tour in the morning.
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The Viking Waterway tour launches at 8:00 on Saturday morning. Most motels have continental breakfasts. You should be able to eat breakfast before we launch.
Water, snacks, and lunch will be provided.
Water, snacks, and lunch will be provided.
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