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City of Barnum
P.O.Box 136
Barnum, Minnesota 55707-0136

Gretchen Ann Levings Schleret wrote:

I am thoroughly enjoying the "History of Barnum." My family lived for several years in the area and I attended high school in Barnum. I was in Barnum the past month and couldn`t help but go to the site of the old school. The remaining wing of the library brought back many fond memories but was saddened by it`s poor condition. It would be such a neat place to host a historical society.
Again, thank you for placing the history online

After reading several chapters of your history, I was taken back to my school days, which were from 1959-63. I remember the "Cuban Missile Crisis" and the push for families to build bomb shelters, our teachers even promoted this.

I remember especially Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Moore, Tom being a history and Mary being an english teacher. They were very dedicated and tough teachers and it would be nice if you could mention something about them. I believe Mr. Moore was the Mayor during that period also. Over the Memorial Day week-end my husband and I visited the cemetery in Barnum to search for grandparents and family buried there and were surprised by the index of names and plots numbers for the cemetery. This was the only cemetery of the five we visited that day that had an index-it was great! I searched for a dear classmate that died in 1961 and found she was listed on the index but has no tombstone. Gloria Kanesky was 15 and died after heart surgery in the Twin Cities. It was quite a sad event for the entire school and I believe most of the high School students went to her funeral at Catholic Church nearby. Again, I will visit your site often and look forward to regaining "lost memories!"

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David L. Lutz wrote;

My father was Leonard Lutz and my mother Mary.  I have a younger brother  and his name is Dennis.  That church was The Church of the Brethren. We lived about a half mile east of the church in the (at the time) parsonage.   The house was on the north side of the road.  Our nieghbors were the Skoglands to east and and on the same side of the road. On the other side of the road and a little bit to the west  was an another house (farm) . Stabushes lived there and another family by the name of Lekander lived there also for a time.  We played with the children.  While we lived there (about 8 years) a new barn was built and we had 10 cows and some sheep.  There were about 40 acres that went with the house.  We did not have inside plumbing.  We did have electricty however.  Several of my classmates  did not.  Marvin Rilea 's family did not. He was one of my best friends.

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Michael Antares wrote;

I'm the grandson of Mike Felgen, one of the founders of Barnum. I was delighted to read the history and actually see his picture. I remember as a boy staying with the Hugo Anderson's and with my grandfather. My mother and his son Erwin owned a nightclub outside of Brainard in the 30's. My father is mentioned in the book for receiving a commendation for being under fire at Pearl Harbor.

My last name was changed in 1987 when I embarked on a solo walk from San Francisco to New York City, a "Walk of Peace", partially sponsored by UNICEF. I'm president of a non-profit corporation "The Pachamama Project, Inc."www.pachamamaproject.com involved with environmental issues. I have four grown children, three daughters, Ramona, Cheryl, and Cecili, and one son, Mark Felgen. Still working as an EE at age 75 and planning to complete another solo walk from San Francisco to Washington, D.C.