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Jim and Wendy Minichello - Peacham Landings

Jim & Wendy Minichello

This interview with Jim and Wendy Minichello was conducted on June 17, 2019.

9 years, adopted children, alaska, alaska peninsula, arctic circle, bureau of indian affairs, college, coming of age, diversity, education, educators, eskimos, freedom, grandparents, hanover, helen and scott nearing, history, italian fishermen, keep it simple, life in alaska, love of outdoors, margaret mclean, mini, multi-grade, multi-racial families, native culture, native school, northern new england, off grid, peacham elders, peacham historical association, peacham school, peacham village, people are the same everywhere, public education, remote villages, rural lifestyle, ryegate, salmon fishing, school system, simple life, simple living, splendid families, teaching, traditional culture, unh, yankee history
Tim & Betsy McKay - Peacham Landings

Tim & Betsy McKay

This interview with Tim and Betsy McKay was conducted on June 9, 2019.

1850, 1977, back to the land, berries, blueberry hedge, carrots, cedar fence posts, ceta, charlie and wynne browne, Christmas trees, christmas trees hardwick, cindy mcknight, conservation district, deed research, ed rowe, essex junction, fairbanks museum, frisbee-fulton, gardening, greenbanks hollow, hillary smith, james dick, jane woodhouse, jessica, lettuce, live off the lnd, living with parents, looking for jobs, mr bradley, no electricity, old farmhouse, passumpsic savings bank, peacham village, peg newburn, property development, real estate, replace foundation, rileys, sara, sheep farms, soil conservation service, subsistence farm, west barnet, wood heat, woodland

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