Stories by Tom

​​​Two Brothers Raised on a Minnesota Farm in the 1950's
Driving Uncle Louie
​Breaking Bobby Lindenfelser's Horse on a Wedding Day
Great Flood of 1965
A Boy I Knew from Rogers and His Father's Hammermill
​Blizzard of 1972
Dave's Crypt Orchid Stallion
​Canoeing the Upper Missouri River Breaks in 1993
​Gail Fell from a Stepladder
​A Cowboy and an Escaped Buffalo
​Breaking in a New Canoe on My 60th Birthday
​Gail's Selfie
​Christmas Turkey
Ancient Farmall Tractor in Hope, New Mexico
Cattle Horses and Bison on a 20 Below Morning
​IH Book Announcement to Facebook
Frank Johnson is Selling His House
Farmer Emeritus
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​​Farm Animals on a Minus 32 Morning​​
Finding Enough Good Hay​
​Good Food is Colorful
Harvesting Thanksgiving Turkeys with Betsy
How Home Sawn Lumber is Made
I Met a One-Eyed Cowboy​
Isaac Hoover Invented the Potato Digger in 1885
It Was 41 Below on Friday Morning
The Kragero School​
Letter About Bison Class in Hermosa
Letter to the Kids March 2009​
A Three-Mustang Runaway Bobsled
Native American Art and Ceremonial Objects
​Neighbors Visited Yesterday

It's Just a Scratch...

​Horses And Me​
Part One - A Man Can Stay Too Long on a Bucking Horse
Part Two - A Man Can Stay Too Long on a Bucking Horse
Chain Sawing Without Protective Chaps
The Bull and the New Hip
​The Medical Sequel After A Run-in With The Bull
​Rehab & Occupational Therapy
​​Tom's December 2012 Shoulder Repair

Tom's "Other" Career

The Day I Decided to Find Other Work
​Rescuing a Seal Pup
Pacemakers I Designed for Medtronic
My Day as a New Hospital Inspector
Sherburne County Planning and Zoning Commission​
​My Day as an Integrated Circuit Troubleshooting Expert
​Becker School Board 1980-1984
​​​I Worked for MCT​​
Story About a Guy I Fired​
​​​Medilase/Clarus 1989 - 2012
​Today Was My Last Day at Work​

Stories Of the Departed

Alois Bernard Barthel
​​Bob Miller Died Yesterday Afternoon
​Buckwheat Died Last Week
​Dan Corrigan
Danny Stang Was Buried Today
Florence Barthel Isenberg
​Clarence Peter Barthel
Helping Uncle Clarence Bring the Heifers Home
Joe King Died
Maria, A Bad Horse
Melvin Schroepfer Died Yesterday
​Reno Was a Damn Fine Horse
​Remembering Uncle John
​The Gruella Died
​James Ernest Croteau Was Buried Today

Grandkids

​Traveling with Ella in a Cooler
​Saul Called Last Night
​Saul Has a Bigger Table
​Saul Story About Sharing
​Saul Story - At the Pole Yard
Granddaughters Ella and Hazel with Gail at Christmas
​Ella Met Temple Grandin
​Tom and Hazel Driving Mustangs
Ella with the Cowboy Poet Waddie Mitchell
​Gail and Baby Hazel then Baby Arthur Gleaning Sweet   Corn
​​Winter Chores by Ella
Granddaughter Hazel Working with Her New Mustang ​
​Granddaughter Hazel Training Her Horse Buddy
Ella at 16
​Baby Katrina Resting on Her Great-Grandpa's Hands
​Granddaughter Adrienne in Boot Camp
​Samantha Speaks About Farm to School Program

Fairs and Visitors

​​I Enjoy the State Fair
​​​​Minnesota Grown Booth at the 2015 State Fair
​State Fair 2016
​First Day of the 2021 Minnesota State Fair
Minnesota Grown Booth at the 2022 State Fair
Summer Tours 2024 - FFA, SFA
U of M Graduating Veterinarians Visited Us
​Hazel at the Benton County Fair
MN Commissioner of Agriculture Thom Petersen

Bison, Cattle, Hogs, Lambs & damn fine Horses.

“To humanely raise and harvest our animals, to be good stewards of our land, to grow delicious healthy meat, to sell
​that meat at a fair price, to provide authentic country experiences to our customers.”  - Tom Barthel