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Kip Peltoniemi Minneapolis 2011
11th Finglish trip August 2011 #37 Kip Peltoniemi lives in Minneapolis. His grandparents had a homestead in New York Mills and he spent...
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Vesa Oja
- 2. maalisk. 2020
- 1 min
Marianne Wargelin Minneapolis 2011
11th Finglish trip August 2011 #36 Marianne Wargelin´s family traces itself to the early Astoria, Oregon Finnish fishing community,...
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Vesa Oja
- 3. helmik. 2020
- 1 min
Harvey Barberg Cokato 2011
11th Finglish trip August 2011 #32 Isak Parpa (later Barberg) came to Cokato, Minnesota, from Ylitornio, Northern Finland, in 1866.The...
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Vesa Oja
- 27. tammik. 2020
- 1 min
Aliina Charging Hawk Duluth 2011
11th Finglish trip August 2011 #31 Aliina Charging Hawk studies chemistry and American Indian subjects at the University of Duluth. She...
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Vesa Oja
- 20. tammik. 2020
- 1 min
Arne Vainio Cloquet 2011
11th Finglish trip August 2011 #30 Arne Vainio is a Finndian. He was born in Chisholm, Minnesota to a full-blood Ojibwe mother and a...
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Vesa Oja
- 6. tammik. 2020
- 1 min
Esko Fire Department Esko 2011
11th Finglish trip August 2011 #28 The Esko Volunteer Fire Department was founded in 1949 by a very dedicated bunch of local men who knew...
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Vesa Oja
- 30. jouluk. 2019
- 1 min
Salolampi Finnish Language Village Bemidji 2011
11thFinglish trip August 2011 #27 Tiina Watts teaches Finnish in the Salolampi Finnish Language Village at Concordia College, where...
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Vesa Oja
- 12. marrask. 2019
- 1 min
Alfred Juntunen Rolla 2011
11th Finglish trip July 2011 #20 The Rolla-Rocklake community in Rolette and Towner Counties, initially settled in 1896, evolved into...
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Vesa Oja
- 23. syysk. 2019
- 1 min
Annette Oppedahl Custer Peak 2011
11th Finglish trip July 2011 #14 Annette Oppedahl née Salmon (Salmu) comes from Custer Peak, near the mining town of Lead. The old...
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Vesa Oja
- 9. syysk. 2019
- 1 min
Hanna Wyoming 2011
11th Finglish trip July 2011 #12 The Finnish communities Hanna and Elmo of the coal-mining areas have fallen silent. In 1903, there was a...
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Vesa Oja
- 26. elok. 2019
- 1 min
Arthur and Suzanne Koski Morrison 2011
11th Finglish trip July 2011 #10 Suzanne is the descendant of Swedish immigrants, and Arthur Koski comes from Drummond Island, Michigan....
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Vesa Oja
- 8. heinäk. 2019
- 1 min
Raili, Cheryl and Miranda Rogers Glendale 2011
11th Finglish trip July 2011 #3 Cheryl’s husband Duane is interested in genealogy and has researched his wife’s Finnish roots. Cheryl’s...
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Vesa Oja
- 18. maalisk. 2019
- 1 min
The Grasshopper Statue Kaleva 2010
10th Finglish trip July 2010 #9 On March 16, 1999 in Kaleva, Michigan a large metal sculpture of a grasshopper was dedicated in honor of...
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Vesa Oja
- 14. tammik. 2019
- 1 min
Matt Damon The Adjustment Bureau Manhattan 2009
9th Finglish trip October 2009 #6 The Adjustment Bureau is a 2011 American romantic science fiction thriller film loosely based on the...
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Vesa Oja
- 3. jouluk. 2018
- 2 min
The World´s Largest Egg Winlock 2009
8th Finglish trip June 2009 #39 The Winlock Egg was listed as the world's largest egg by Ripley's Believe It or Not! in 1989. The current...
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Vesa Oja
- 26. marrask. 2018
- 1 min
Liisa Penner Astoria 2009
8th Finglish trip June 2009 #38 Liisa Penner is an Archivist at Clatsop County Historical Society in Astoria, Oregon. The Clatsop County...
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Vesa Oja
- 19. marrask. 2018
- 1 min
Eric Bergland Blue River 2009
8th Finglish trip June 2009 #37 Eric Bergland makes handcrafted Finnish Puukko knives. He lives with his wife in Blue River, Oregon. His...
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Vesa Oja
- 16. huhtik. 2018
- 1 min
Russian America Sitka 2009
8th Finglish trip May 2009 #6 St. Michael’s Cathedral, the Orthodox church of Sitka, was built by Finnish carpenters in 1848. The church...
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Vesa Oja
- 26. maalisk. 2018
- 1 min
Donald Bibeau Alaska 2009
8th Finglish trip May 2009 #3 One of the speakers on the FinnFest USA cruise to Alaska is Don Bibeau. He’s a Finndian, as...
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Vesa Oja
- 5. maalisk. 2018
- 2 min
Dave & Fred Orrik Washington DC 2008
7th Finglish trip October 2008 #44 Dave and Fred Orrik were born into an Estonian Finnish family, their father was Estonian and their...
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