Leelanau farming families historical series

During 2023, Suttons Bay resident Rebecca Gearing Carlson has researched and written a series of narrative historical pieces about Leelanau County farming families, which we have published in the Glen Arbor Sun. Read those stories here.

Part 1: Where are Herman’s trees?, May 31, 2023

Part 2: Life on the Schaub Farm: Cocktail memories, June 13, 2023

Part 3: Playgrounds in the cherry orchard, June 28, 2023

Part 4: Popps among backbone of Leelanau farmers, July 11, 2023

Part 5: Tillers of the Earth: The Steimels, July 26, 2023

Part 6: Introducing the Bohemians of Leelanau County, Aug. 21, 2023

Part 7: The Korson Family: Angel harvesters, Aug. 22, 2023

Part 8: A farmer’s wisdom: Interviewing the Kolarik family, Sept. 2, 2023

Part 9: John Houdek’s legacy in Leelanau County, Sept. 20, 2023

Part 10: The Honey Bee Man: Julius Kolarik, Oct. 18, 2023

Part 11: Smiling on the Walter family farm, Leelanau’s oldest centennial farm, Nov. 24, 2023

Part 12: The Send Family Longevity, December 30, 2023

Part 13: A Skeba legacy of backbreaking hard work, vocation and livelihood, March 18, 2024