Roger Pinckney, longtime resident of Otter Tail County, wrote this history series to celebrate the centennial of the Pelican Rapids Press.  He lives and writes on Daufuskie Island, South Carolina.  Pinckney's latest book, The Right Side of the River, chronicles life on this remote barrier island.  He is also author of Blue Roots, the African-American Magic of the Gullah People.  Both titles are available online at www.amazon.com

Thanks to Roger and to  Gary L. Peterson for permission to reprint the articles here. Enjoy........

The Myth of the Mooring Stones

123 South Broadway - The Writing on the Wall

The International Peace Academy

Maria Blaisdell, the Minnesota Blizzard

Prohibition in Pelican Rapids

Steam Dreams

Booming Pelican Rapids

Otter Tail Lodge 284

Perry's Place

WPA in Otter Tail County

Lord Gordon Gordon

KKK in Pelican Rapids

Lost Gold

Dunvilla

Minnesota Woman

Bridges of Otter Tail County

The Great Dogfight

 

              Roger Pinckney XI

The Right Side of the River : Romance, Rage, and Wonder

Wyrick & Co; ISBN: 0941711625; (April 2002)

 

Blue Roots : African-American Folk Magic of the Gullah People

Llewellyn Publications; ISBN: 156718524X; (September 1998)

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