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The Big Nickel Sudbury 2010
10th Finglish trip July 2010 #21 The Big Nickel is a nine-metre (30 ft) replica of a 1951 Canadian nickel, located at the grounds of the...
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3. kesäk. 20191 min käytetty lukemiseen
Terri Hult Searchmont 2010
10th Finglish trip July 2010 #20 The small town of Searchmont takes it's name in honor of T. C. Search. He was from Philadelphia and was...
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27. toukok. 20191 min käytetty lukemiseen
Motel Jam FinnGrandFest Sault Ste. Marie 2010
10th Finglish trip July 2010 #19 Accordionist Will Kilpela, washboard, bones and spoons Randy Seppala, guitarist Oren Tikkanen and singer...
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20. toukok. 20191 min käytetty lukemiseen
Wild Turkeys FinnGrandFest Sault Ste. Marie 2010
10th Finglish trip July 2010 #18 Sheldon Jaaskelainen: guitar, crooning, harmonica, fiddle, Byron Jaaskelainen: fiddle, songbird tenor,...
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13. toukok. 20191 min käytetty lukemiseen
Finnish Cemetery Sugar Island 2010
10th Finglish trip July 2010 #17 Most of the Finns interred on Sugar Island rest in the Finnish Cemetery on the Homestead Road, however a...
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6. toukok. 20191 min käytetty lukemiseen
Finn Hall Sugar Island 2010
10th Finglish trip July 2010 #16 Workers’ movement marches and the ”Internationale” are performed in Finnish by the Finn Hall Band to a...
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29. huhtik. 20191 min käytetty lukemiseen
Art Koski Drummond Island 2010
10th Finglish trip July 2010 #15 Art Koski´s grandparents John and Miina Laakso were from Luvia, Finland. They came to Brooklyn, New...
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22. huhtik. 20191 min käytetty lukemiseen
Beth Maki Drummond Island 2010
10th Finglish trip July 2010 #14 Beth Maki´s grandparents Jacob and Elisabeth Heikkinen were among the first homesteaders on Drummond...
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15. huhtik. 20191 min käytetty lukemiseen
Danielson Homestead Drummond Island 2010
10th Finglish trip July 2010 #13 This small homestead has remained in almost original condition at its site in the middle of a forest....
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8. huhtik. 20191 min käytetty lukemiseen
Kreetan Community Drummond Island 2010
10th Finglish story July 2010 #12 The Finnish history of Drummond Island began with the Kreetan community, named after its founder...
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1. huhtik. 20191 min käytetty lukemiseen
Kaleva Meats Kaleva 2010
10th Finglish trip July 2010 #11 In the Spring of 2008, Dave Barrett, along with his wife of 35 years, Beth, and son Matt, moved from the...
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25. maalisk. 20191 min käytetty lukemiseen
The Bottle House Kaleva 2010
10th Finglish trip July 2010 #10 The Kaleva Historical Museum is in a house originally built by John Mäkinen from empty Kaleva-brand soft...
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18. maalisk. 20191 min käytetty lukemiseen
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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11. maalisk. 20191 min käytetty lukemiseen
Lydia Marie Fowler Coopersville 2010
10th Finglish trip July 2010 #8 Lydia Marie Fowler was born in Chassel, Michigan, in 1933. Her father's family came from Viipuri in the...
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4. maalisk. 20191 min käytetty lukemiseen
Markku & Hilkka Ketola Howell 2010
10th Finglish trip July 2010 #7 Markku Ketola was born in Lappajärvi, Finland. He came to Ishpeming in Upper Michigan with his uncle in...
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25. helmik. 20191 min käytetty lukemiseen
Tapiola Village Farmington Hills 2010
10th Finglish trip July 2010 #6 Founded in 1966, the Finnish Center dedicated their Cultural Center in September 1974, in Farmington...
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18. helmik. 20191 min käytetty lukemiseen
Finn Camp Wixom 2010
10th Finglish trip July 2010 #5 Between Loon Lake and Sun Lake there is a narrow, boggy isthmus where the Finns of the 14th St. Hall in...
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11. helmik. 20191 min käytetty lukemiseen
Old Finntown Detroit 2010
10th Finglish trip July 2010 #4 Old Finntown in Detroit, Michigan is a desolated and sad looking neighborhood, burned down empty house...
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4. helmik. 20192 min käytetty lukemiseen
Carol Pärssinen Rochester Hills
10th Finglish trip July 2010 #3 Carol Pärssinen´s all eight grandparents came from different areas in Finland, Könni, Pyhäjärvi, Kuusamo,...
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28. tammik. 20191 min käytetty lukemiseen
Steve Lehto Farmington Hills 2010
10th Finglish trip July 2010 #2 Steve Lehto is a writer and attorney, and teaches at the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law in...
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