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The Cover
The front cover of the dust jacket depicts the general store built by Alex Esko in 1919 at the intersection of the Duluth-Twin City highway (now Thomson Road) and the Scanlon Road (now Highway 61). It was this intersection that soon became known as "Esko's Corner," as did the community that grew around the nearby Lincoln School, which opened in the fall of 1920. The name was shortened to Esko in 1935.
The Committee
Book project committee members were Davis Helberg (deceased), chair; Frank Liupakka, vice chair; Lyle Colberg, treasurer (deceased); Connie Jacobson and Bonnie Korpi, secretaries; Brooke Bergstedt, Kathleen Burggraff, Robert D. Esko, Kristin Hiller, Rodney Ikola, C. Philip Johnson, Arvid Konu (deceased), Ken Nynas and Jan Puline (deceased). Clifford Johnson (deceased) and Jon A. Severson were also major contributors.
Questions or comments should be directed to Esko Historical Society, P.O. Box 83, Esko, MN 55733.
Links
More information:
The Bugle and Spotlight newspapers, photos, and other information not shown in the Esko's Corner book can be found at the following sites:
Facebook Pages:
Books
Some Esko area writers and publishers:
- John Grussendorf (Triple Overtime)
- Linda Hatinen (Eva's Way, Eva's Family)
Available at the Esko museum:
- Joe Juntunen (Hooray for the Old Times)
- Ellen Korby (Elli, The Little Emigrant)
- Esko's Corner history book
- Loren Hiukka's accordian music CD
- Thomson Township's Night of Terror The Great 1918 Fire
- The Vietnam War My Life in the Air and on the Ground by Esko native Gerald Reponen
The book may be ordered with a note to Gerald Reponen, 8421 S.W Basalt Drive, Terrebonne, OR. 97760, (there to ship the book info. and a check for $35, which includes the shipping costs) - Hell Fire, (1918 in Hermantown)
Available from: Savage Press, 218-391-3070, www.savpress.comConnie Jacobson, 21 Sorila Rd., Esko, MN. 55733, 218-499-5966 or cornster@live.com Also at the Zenith Book Store, Duluth, Mn. & Amazon.com