The first time I saw this country was in 1911. We came on a trip and never forgot the beauty of the place.

In 1925 we came again, bringing friends with us. We stayed in a cabin right next to where I now live. We were here three weeks. After this, we came every year.

In 1928, we bought the place I now own. It was a gift to me from my husband on our 25th anniversary. In 1929, we lost our home in the big fire of that year. This was rather hard to take for we loved our log house with all the beautiful timber around it. Across the road the berries, mostly huckleberries, grew so thick that if you wanted to make a pie you simply crossed the road and picked the berries.

In 1930 we built our present home, although I have remodeled it twice.

In 1938, I lost my husband.

We always traveled by train.

To me there is but one step between this and heaven and I'd like heaven to look like this.

Mrs. Ida Goos, History of Apgar, 1950