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Stewart "Jumbo" Lester with Greg and Bill
🌳🌲If these woods could talk, they might need to tell you a few stories before they can properly tell you the story they wanted to tell you in the first place🐦🌳
A recent donation to the Historical Society catalyzed this conversation. A pair of snowshoes once belonging to Stewart “Jumbo” Lester led Rhinelander Historical Society president Bill Vancos to contact Greg Umland, Bill’s old classmate whose father used to hunt with Stewart, for some information. The two of them sat down with me here at the library to record some memories. What followed was a wayward conversation that wended its way…
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