Please join us at the FOLH annual meeting on June 10, 2023 at 9:00 a.m. at the Jenkins VFW. Our guest speaker will be Ray Nelson, local historian and retired Manager of the Corps of Engineers dam in Crosslake. Ray will share research of a very architecturally rare and unique relic gunstock found along Lower Hay Lake’s shoreline in 1934. Research indicates it may be Minnesota’s Oldest Rifle Artifact!

History and developing firearm architecture from regions of Northern Europe have provided faint trails and interesting journey possibilities to Lower Hay Lake. Come hear about Ray’s research into the artifact, how it may have gotten here, and other nuggets of local lake history!