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Photos of area log homes exhibiting historic construction methods. ( I suggest seeking <br />permission to reprint several photos from the Morgan, Brinkman book Light from the <br />Hearth.) <br />Appendix 1: Community Planning Team Themes and <br />Stories <br />Interpretive Themes for SCHS Heritage Center <br />Main Idea: Sherburne County's distinctive location on the edge of three major ecosystems <br />continues to shape the lives of its people, just as its people continue to shape the land. <br />Major themes and subthemes emerge from the main idea. Together with the main idea, these <br />theme statements will help guide interpretation at the Heritage Center. <br />Topics and Themes <br />Topic 1: People <br />Theme 1: People searching for opportunities have always recognized the unique resources of <br />Sherburne County. <br />• Subtheme 1.1. People from allover the world chose to make Sherburne County their home; their <br />values shape our communities today. <br />1. Ancient ancestors/Indian tribes <br />2. Famous tourists <br />3. First families <br />4. Connections past to present <br />5. Diversity of immigration (past and present) <br />6. Values (education, religion, conservation) <br />7. Traditions (diversity) <br />Potential Stories <br />1. Shoot for in-depth and representative stories, rather than lots of small stories <br />2. Maine -staters started mills—Ard Godfrey <br />3. Yankee townsite developers —Wheeler, Kelley and Itasca <br />4. 1772 and 1773 Ojibwey-Dakota skirmishes at Mississippi and Elk (see William Warren) <br />5. Ox cart, Selkirkers <br />6. Father Hennepin <br />7. Vernon Bailey, a naturalist from Sherburne County who became a national leader in conservation <br />8. Indian burning <br />9. Zebulon Pike, 1805, journal entries on area from Crow River to Becker <br />10. Hungarian settlement, ca. 1900, settled poor, cheap land, north of Elk River to Zimmerman, Betty <br />Bowdner Belanger, local historian has done much research <br />11. Knapp letters, 1870s, private collection in Big lake, but available, extremely detailed <br />12. Will Holt Diary, 1870-1880, SCHS has copies <br />13. Swedes, Samuel Alden Johnson has eggs, milk, butter <br />Sherburne County Historical Society Heritage Center Interpretive Plan, April 21, 2005, page 104 <br />