July 17 Owatonna MN
OK, I'm back. We're at the Microtel, which has both air conditioning and WiFi. I recommend to you Daria Kurkjy's blog www.bigride2011.com. She even has pictures!
So, continuing on about DeSmet. Daria met a Laura Ingalls Wilder historian from Georgia, who comes to DeSmet every summer. I took another "alternate route" and ended up in Fedora, Noel's father's hometown. Most towns list their population after the name, but Fedora didn't bother. All 2 or 3 of the commercial buildings and several homes were vacant, and the town has a sad look, but is situated in beautiful surroundings on a lake. When we arrived in DeSmet we learned that Charlton had been interviewed by a reporter whose father was from Fedora! I got her phone number from the newspaper office the next day and will give it to Noel when I find it. We think her grandfather may have known some Gilbroughs or Gulbraas.
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