BS: Catters in Dakotas, MN, NE, IA?

Subject: Catters in Dakotas, MN, NE, IA?
From: SDShad
Date: 20 Apr 00 - 03:09 PM

In the fine style of so many similar threads of late, since I'm relatively new here and haven't come across any other Dakotans (North or South) yet, and one person who's from the Zumbro River Valley in Minnesota where my clan hail from, and no Nebraskans or Iowans that I can think of, I ask:

Are there any, or many, 'Catters from the Northern Plains/Upper Midwest/whatever in the "five state area?"

Husker du,

Shad

Subject: RE: BS: Catters in Dakotas, MN, NE, IA?
From: Sorcha
Date: 20 Apr 00 - 03:13 PM

Well, Im almost in NE, just 8 miles west of the state line in WY

Subject: RE: BS: Catters in Dakotas, MN, NE, IA?
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 20 Apr 00 - 03:36 PM

I live in St. Paul, MN and work in Minneapolis, MN. The best of both worlds!

Subject: RE: BS: Catters in Dakotas, MN, NE, IA?
From: Ely
Date: 20 Apr 00 - 04:45 PM

Grinnell, Iowa (I hour east of Des Moines, ~ 1 hour west of Iowa City, in the middle of friggin' nowhere).

Subject: RE: BS: Catters in Dakotas, MN, NE, IA?
From: SDShad
Date: 20 Apr 00 - 06:06 PM

Cool!

Sorcha--that's pretty remote! What town you in?

Jim--I went to UM (Minneapolis campus) for two years, so I know what you mean. I'm more of a Minneapolis person, but St. Paul is a lovely city, especially the residential areas.

Ely--do you by any chance know a cop in Grinnell named Dan Boyer? Or did you--I don't know if he's still there? If you do, I went to grad school with him.

Chris

Subject: RE: BS: Catters in Dakotas, MN, NE, IA?
From: Ely
Date: 20 Apr 00 - 08:50 PM

I try not to get to know the cops that well. The name sounds familiar, but I wouldn't know him personally. Although, my freshman year, I did get stopped by the police twice while walking to a friend's house to play tunes. Very weird.

Subject: RE: BS: Catters in Dakotas, MN, NE, IA?
From: Mbo
Date: 20 Apr 00 - 08:54 PM

Wow, were they the Folk Police, like in the AfroCelt SoundSystem song? BTW is Grinnell, Iowa the home of Grinnell University, by any chance?

--Mbo

Subject: RE: BS: Catters in Dakotas, MN, NE, IA?
From: Sorcha
Date: 20 Apr 00 - 10:15 PM

Torrington, and it is a LONG ways from Vermi.

Subject: RE: BS: Catters in Dakotas, MN, NE, IA?
From: raredance
Date: 21 Apr 00 - 01:01 AM

I suppose I have to admit one more time that I'm in Fargo.

rich r

Subject: RE: BS: Catters in Dakotas, MN, NE, IA?
From: SDShad
Date: 21 Apr 00 - 09:25 AM

It's painful, rich, I know. How do you think I feel having to admit my mom was born in...gack...Bismarck....

And my grandfather was born near Streeter, which of course no one's ever heard of.

Of course, Bismarck and Streeter don't elicit "so, that was, ah, your accomplice in the chipper, then" comments, I suppose....

So were you there at the time of the flood rich?

Chris "you're darn tootin'" Hoover

Subject: RE: BS: Catters in Dakotas, MN, NE, IA?
From: katlaughing
Date: 21 Apr 00 - 10:02 AM

I was born in Williston, but I don't remember a thing!

Subject: RE: BS: Catters in Dakotas, MN, NE, IA?
From: Stricks
Date: 21 Apr 00 - 01:23 PM

Mbo--Grinnell is the home of Grinnell College.

Ely--I grew up in Grinnell and went to college there...in those days I was known as a 'townie'. I agree that's it's in the middle of nowhere, but I have a lot of good memories from there.

Back to the original question--I no longer live in IA and my wife no longer lives in ND, but we continue to make annual pilgrimages back to Grinnell and Mandan!

Subject: RE: BS: Catters in Dakotas, MN, NE, IA?
From: GUEST
Date: 21 Apr 00 - 09:19 PM

Grinnell in the middle of nowhere????

Never been to Western Kansas, have you???

Subject: RE: BS: Catters in Dakotas, MN, NE, IA?
From: raredance
Date: 21 Apr 00 - 09:55 PM

Ah Fargo for 20 years. The blizzards, the "flood", the movie.

rich r

Subject: RE: BS: Catters in Dakotas, MN, NE, IA?
From: Banjoman_CO
Date: 22 Apr 00 - 10:12 PM

Hey Guest: Where in Western Kansas. I just moved from there --- well, Northwest Kansas.

Banjoman

Subject: RE: BS: Catters in Dakotas, MN, NE, IA?
From: BlueJay
Date: 23 Apr 00 - 01:51 AM

We can't seem to drum up any Nebraska Mudcatters. But I'm one who USED to live there! McCook, actually, southwest part of the state. Nice town, good folks. There must be at least one 'Catter in NE. Step forward!

Subject: RE: BS: Catters in Dakotas, MN, NE, IA?
From: Ma-K
Date: 23 Apr 00 - 01:32 PM

Sorcha, I lived in Mitchel a long time ago. We live near a wide spot in the road in south east Ia.now. The wide spot is call Arygle. Some friends sang the Queen of Argyle to me last week.

Subject: RE: BS: Catters in Dakotas, MN, NE, IA?
From: Banjoman_CO
Date: 23 Apr 00 - 07:23 PM

Bluejay.... I didn't know that you lived in McCook. We moved here from Colby... South of McCook

Subject: RE: BS: Catters in Dakotas, MN, NE, IA?
From: Ely
Date: 24 Apr 00 - 01:15 AM

Stricks--

I'm not complaining. I'm from Houston--it's nice not to have the noise, smog, crime, etc. etc. etc. And I'm used to driving long distances.

I don't know why the police stopped me. They asked me all kinds of questions. I got stopped the next week by another set of cops. A couple of weeks after that, I saw a police car and thought, "Oh, no. Here we go again", but it was the guys who stopped me the first time and they just waved. My guess is there had been a robbery or something, or problems with meth.

Grinnell also has a pretty good bluegrass/country show twice a year to raise money for the hospice.