This is a 1901 photo of the Van Schoiack house in old Dorena. An old family story says that while moving into the house, the family put the toddler into a huge old hollowed out tree stump nearby, which served as a temporary play-pen. This kept the little one out from underfoot, and out of harms way.
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![Kirk Family portrait (1)](https://i2.wp.com/dorenahistoricalsociety.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Kirk-Family-portrait-1-e1450054787109.jpg?resize=500%2C306)
A Kirk family portrait with Clara, Fern, Bertha, Emit, John and Neva Merle. Thanks go to Katie Kirk and Nancy Van Schoiack for sharing these photos.
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