Breath of Wilderness Read online

  Jardine, William, 35

  Johnson, Lyndon, 43, 55

  Kettle Falls, 35

  Knife Lake, 35, 39

  Lake Superior, 2, 19, 29, 81, 82

  Leonard, Richard, 43

  Listening Point, 61–65, 81, 85

  Listening Point (book), 49, 61, 85

  Listening Point Foundation, 65, 81, 85

  Lonely Land, The, 49, 85

  loons, vi, 20, 36, 40

  Madison, 15, 16, 22

  Manitoba, 17

  Marshall, Bob, 42

  Mesabi Iron Range, 16

  Milwaukee Journal, 21

  Minnesota, v, 16, 22, 38, 39, 44, 49, 55, 56, 59, 67, 77, 78, 81, 86

  moose, vi, 25, 27, 70, 73

  Murie, Olaus, 42, 43

  Nashwauk, 16, 22,

  Nashwauk Herald, 21

  National Parks Association, 42, 43, 44, 77

  National Wilderness Preservation System, 43, 55

  nests, 9, 11, 83

  Northland College, 13, 14, 15, 78, 82

  nuts, 8, 9

  Oberholtzer, Ernest, 37

  Of Time and Place, 49, 85

  Olson, Derek, 70

  Olson, Elizabeth Uhrenholdt, 14, 15, 17, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 47, 53, 56, 57, 61, 62, 63, 66, 71, 82

  Olson, Ida May Cederholm, 1, 2, 3, 10, 12

  Olson, Kenneth, 2, 3, 4, 21

  Olson, Lawrence J., 1, 3, 12, 14

  Olson, Leonard, 3

  Olson, Robert (Bob), vii, 27, 28, 29

  Olson, Sigurd Jr., vii, 27, 28, 31

  Olson, Vonnie, 63

  Open Horizons, 49, 85

  owl, 10, 65

  Peterson, Mervin “Pete,” 37

  Point Reyes National Seashore, 44, 82

  Prentice, 2, 6, 82

  Quetico Provincial Park, 25, 26, 59, 73, 82

  Quetico-Superior Committee, 41

  Quetico-Superior Country, 20, 30, 71, 73, 86

  rabbits, 7, 64, 83

  Rainy Lake, 19, 81

  rapids, 19

  Reagan, Ronald, 60

  Reflections from the North Country, 49, 85

  Robinson Peak, 25

  Rom, Bill, 55

  Runes of the North, 49, 85

  Saganaga Lake, 22, 35

  Shipstead-Newton-Nolan Act, 38, 77

  Sierra Club, 43, 77

  Singing Wilderness, The, 5, 48, 77, 85

  Sister Bay, 2, 82

  skiing, 28, 83

  snowshoeing, 28, 54, 71, 78, 83

  squirrels, 6, 8–10, 83

  Superior National Forest, 33, 35, 38, 39, 77, 81

  Superior Roadless Area, 19, 35, 39, 55, 77

  teaching, v, 4, 15, 16, 23, 24, 33, 41, 42

  Thye-Blatnik Act, 41

  trout, 5, 6, 7, 40

  Truman, Harry S., 41, 77

  Udall, Stewart, 44, 77

  Uhrenholdt, Andrew, 14

  Uhrenholdt, Soren, 14

  United States Army, 41, 42

  United States Forest Service, 33, 34, 35, 55, 77

  University of Illinois, 38

  University of Wisconsin, 15, 16, 22

  Upper Basswood Falls, 35

  Vermilion Community College, 24, 81

  voyageurs, 29, 30, 49, 71

  Voyageurs National Park, 44, 78, 81

  Washington, DC, 43, 44, 52

  Watt, James, 60

  Wilderness Act, 43, 44, 55, 74, 77

  Wilderness Days, 49, 85

  Wilderness Society, The, 42, 43, 44, 78, 86

  Winton, 22

  Wisconsin, 2, 5, 14, 15, 16, 22, 81, 82

  wolves, vi, 38, 73

  World War II, 39, 42

  Yates, Mr., 4

  Sigurd Ferdinand Olson in 1899

  Sigurd with his younger brother, Leonard, and older brother, Kenneth, 1908. Unlike Sig, Kenneth and Leonard had little interest in the outdoors. However, Sig and Kenneth shared a love of writing and were close throughout their lives.