My mother’s family has a tradition of making maple syrup on a large scale. My grandfather had a big operation in the years following WWII, and up until the 1960’s when my uncles were not able to help any more. In the early 2000’s some of the next generation bought new equipment and built aContinue reading “Syrup Weekend”
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Eriksson Maple Syrup
My grandfather, James Shonts Eriksson, became a lawyer in Fergus Falls, MN, after graduating number one in his law school class at the University of Minnesota in 1933. Shortly before WWII he was settling an estate involving 32 heirs to 120 acres of woods near his lake cottage north of Fergus Falls. None ofContinue reading “Eriksson Maple Syrup”
Yarns from the Lake 