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West Central Wisconsin, 1853. As soon as the ice goes out on the St. Croix River, Mildred Potter's boarding house fills with lumberjacks bringing logs down river to the mill. In the spring, one lumberjack, Levi Jefferson Oakes, notices Mildred's sister Mary and lingers after supper to talk to her. So begins We Come from Good Stock, Kay Oakes Oring's history of family, frontier, and fortitude carved out of the rugged beauty of rural Wisconsin. From marriage and children, to prosperity, loss, and reclamation, the Oakes clan represents the peril and promise of staking a claim, starting a family, and watching the things you build become eternal.

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"""The stories . . . give color and life to the history of settlement, logging, and farming in the early days of Wisconsin's statehood."" -Margaret Liddiard, author of Tilting to Listen ""Reveals the spirit of a people who with love and perseverance prevail, the love of the land in their blood, their hearts bound with strength's beneficence. A must read."" -Dianna M. Henning, author of Camaraderie of the Marvelous ""An exceptional and loving tribute to a pioneer Wisconsin family. It is a treasure not only for the Oakes family in New Richmond, but for the state of Wisconsin, and for anyone wishing to relate to the humor and heartaches of life long ago."" -Robert L. Owens, author of Pointman ""At its heart, these stories are about people dreaming of, searching for, and creating new homes in a new land. This moving book inspires us to explore the stories found in our own family trees, wherever we are from."" -Joelle Frazer, author of The Territory of Men"

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Kay Oakes Oring was born in Plum City, Wisconsin. Her family moved to Moscow, Idaho, but kept close contact with Wisconsin relatives, who sparked her interest in family stories. She taught college nutrition for many years before retiring to write full-time. She lives at Eagle Lake near Susanville, California, with her husband Lewis.

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