25 Oct

Because jobs were so scarce in Hibbing, Hedvig and her friends took the civil service course so they would qualify for a job with the U.S. Government. They wanted to travel....

14 Oct

At the National Archives in College Park, Maryland, I found evidence that both my parents were involved in espionage activities!...

02 Sep

Hibbing, Minnesota, was a melting pot for all the European immigrants -- Czechoslovakia, Italy, Poland, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Ireland, Greece. All kinds of foreign tongues were spoken, and the Johnson family had friends of every nationality....