Red River Carts - video

Nicely produced video about the Red River Carts I found on YouTube:

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The Historic Pembina Trail by Ox Cart

Here's a nice little video I found on YouTube taken on the historic Pembina Trail!

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Ox Cart Angel: An Interview with Author Joel Arnold

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Upcoming Events in July!

July is a busy month for me.

July 4th - 7th I'll be at the wild and crazy CONvergence 2013 talking on a few panels and just having a fun time.

July 10th (Wednesday) I'll be giving a talk at the Maplewood Area Historical Society at 7:00 pm about the ox cart/Red River trails. This is open to the public, so if you're in the area, come on over! The MAHS is located at the Bruentrup Heritage Farm, 2170 East County Road D, Maplewood, MN 55117.

July 20 & 21, I'll be part of the Literary Landing at the Minnesota River Arts Fair. We'll be giving readings, signing books, and just chatting it up with anyone and everyone who stops on by. It's located at The Landing in Shakopee, and goes from 10 - 5 both Saturday and Sunday. Erin Hart and Paddy O'Brien are the Keynote speakers. I'll be giving a talk/reading at 1:30 on Saturday and 1:00 on Sunday. Other authors there will be Pat Dennis, Jan Dunlap, Susan Koefod, Kathryn Sullivan, Evelyn Klein, Cristina Oxtra, Sheyna Galyan, Debbie Lampi, and Connie Claire Szarke. There will also be over fifty visual artists, music, and history! Should be fun.

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Ox Cart Angel in Crosslake!

Last week I gave a talk on about the ox cart/Red River trails to the Crosslake (MN) Historical Society. The even was held outside in the middle of the Old Pioneer Village. Beautiful weather, great people, and delicious treats provided by the historical society members. I think I only got one mosquito bite during the whole thing, and that's saying something! Special thanks to Mary Hoag, the CHS president, for letting me come up and talk.

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Ox Cart Angel in Cold Spring - on YouTube!

I spoke at the Cold Spring, MN Historical Society on Friday, February 8th. Of course, on the way up, I had to stop at the Clearwater Travel Plaza for some of their amazing caramel apples. Anyway, the talk went well, and it was great to meet some of the folks up there.

PLUS, the talk was videotaped by Duane Kuss and put up on Youtube! So if you'd like to see it, you can view it here. It's about 43 minutes long.

I had a wonderful time.

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Ox Cart Angel in Sauk Centre

In the beginning of January, I had the privilege to give a talk at the Sauk Centre Historical Society's annual meeting. I had a nice time, and I hope the historical society members enjoyed it, too. One neat thing is that Sauk Centre was Sinclair Lewis' hometown - he based his famous novel Main Street on the city. I've read Main Street, Arrowsmith, and my favorite of his - Babbitt - and enjoyed them all. So it was quite fun to hear Pamela Borgmann, who was my contact person with the historical society, tell me that her grandfather had passed by Sinclair Lewis when they were both youths. Sinclair started throwing apples at Pam's grandfather, scaring his horse, after which the grandfather proceeded to beat up Mr. Lewis. When taken to Sinclair's father, who was a doctor, apparently the father told Pam's ancestor that Sinclair had it coming. What a great story!

Anyway, much thanks to the folks there for hosting me!

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