A group of area women  posed on  the Ole Olsen Farm.   Charles and Hattie Olsen bought this farm from Charles’ father Ole.  They didn’t have much money, but “farms weren’t expensive in those days,” explains Loraine.  After a few years of farming here, they moved to the old Dechow log cabin  that stood west of the Klett Farm.  That property included the site of the home they later built across the road, which now houses Preserve Historic Sleeping Bear.  The land was better there, and the location along the highway was good for selling produce.

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