You’d have to be barkin’ mad not to fall in love with their whiskers, and; they have the best eyebrows on the planet. Their hearing is...

Yes, they bark.I think it’s because they love the sound of their own voice. Our Lucy knows she’s not supposed to bark when her least...

When Lucy sees her sister, Molly, they squeak at each other. No barking, just squeaking. Surely one of the humans will let them play with...

For better or for worse, they have great memories. If you yell at them or otherwise hurt their feelings, they will never forget.I never...

With warm regards to the Sisters of Christian Charity and Sister Lucia, whose dedication led to a life lived without regret.Pictured here...

Marie Kerker was indeed the proprietor of this fine establishment. Here’s an example of one of the many ad’s Marie placed to entice the...

Newspaper notice of John Kerker’s death in 1883. Pictured here is a part of Papa’s obituary; a man who died much too early, and who...

Obituary – the line that describes Dag as one of the few in Chaska that numbered everybody as his friend, I think, says it all.

Husband of Antonia who was the original owner of the ring.His obituary emphasizes his talent as a musician and his business acumen.His...

I’ve posted a picture of Agnes’s gravesite. No one will ever quite know with certainty whether or not her cause of death was suicide.The...

Henry hailed from Holland. Calm, funny, witty, hard-working. Henry was determined to get his family to professional photographers so the...

Pictured here, it is easy to see the confidence and kindness in her eyes. She lived in Switzerland, Chaska, and N. Minneapolis. Also a...

Raised in North Minneapolis, Rose Anne had two brothers and two sisters. She married Tom Burns, and they had six children; two daughters...

Dot, seated here, with her long-time friends. Born in Minneapolis in 1919, the youngest of six, and daughter of Roseanne Vaars and Tom...

Yes, the story of the ring is true! Pictured below, is the ring that traveled through many owners to survive to today, whose current...

Pictured here, I tell her story in the chapter titled: St. Catherine’s University, A Different Calling. Sister Jeanne Marie is the...

J.T. pictured here became Rosa’s favorite brother. Their mutual talent in music lasted their entire lives. Thanks to ongoing contact with...

Sister Pauline Malinkrodt, founder of the Sisters of Christian Charity, Paderborn Germany. It was evident that she was a remarkable woman...

I obtained a great deal of information from a book written on behalf of the Chaska Historical Society. Pictured here is the book, which...

Here is a picture of Elizabeth Cady Stanton. She wrote her autobiography, a compelling read, as she is the women’s suffragists most...