Volume 8 , Issue 13

NW OkieLegacy Blog - Minnesota...

"When I was a kid I lived in Effie MN from about 1974 until 1982. Which is located a few miles from Craigville. At that time, there was a population of 1 in Craigville, MN. An elderly lady who lived in a tiny little house right next to the Bigfork River where we used to swing from a rope tied to a tree limb hanging over the river. (If I recall she worked in one of the brothels back in the 1930's, of which are still there rotting away.) I remember her little house having an old wood burning pot belly stove and lots of old pictures on the wall and antique bottles and vases lined up along shelves by her windows. I am not sure when she passed away, but since then (as far as I know) she was the last person to dwell in Craigville.

I know there is an old railroad grade running from Craigville through Effie and toward Bigfork along Hwy 38. Along that grade we found a few rotted and flattened shacks where we managed to find some artifacts in the shacks, like old booze bottles and medicine tins and bottles, rusted axes and hatchets, a chair carved out of a log and we even found railroad ties which was left behind when the tracks were removed. Again, I am not sure when they tracks were removed either. There was also a rodeo held near Craigville every year. (Not sure if it is still held there anymore) which was owned by A native american family who resided near Bigfork." -- Dianne Albrecht - Email: slydianne@msn.com - NW OkieLegacy Blog - Minnesota
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