Koochiching Museums

Violet’s new little girl was named Elnora Margaret but because she thought it cute she was nicknamed “Tootsie”. With that nicknames started in the family, in later years Violet opined that if she had to do it over none of her children would ever have an attached moniker. The boys were glad to have a sister and they knew it was a girl from how loud she cried, however there seemed to something wrong with new baby Tootsie, she often woke up screaming in the night and Violet ju

Orrah Jr. was so diminutive at birth he fit into the palm of his father’s hand. Orrah Junior’s physical development was slow, his legs so tiny that he was still crawling when he was over two years old. Violet and Orrah fretted about it, so Orrah made a swing with a harness that hung from the ceiling so Junior could learn to walk, his feet resting on the floor. Orrah would chase him around and around until he finally got the hang of it. Orrah Jr. was almost three years old