Frontispiece        This fieldstone faced building was originally built as a country schoolhouse.   Considering the
                                                  roles such buildings have had in the lives of so many of us, AND having several family members
                                                  -- my grandmothers, my mother, an aunt, two cousins, my wife, my two sons and my daughter --
                                                  who were or still are active teachers led my choosing this building for this position.   

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The above stone, though not directly related to stones in Isabella County, relates to the use given under the Subheading "Sauerkraut crocks," which is on page 51.  Indeed, it expands upon that use because it serves as an example of how nostalogia relating to stones may lead to, for example, individual stone's becoming so-to-speak object of  "Art."   As Marta Edie, the owner of the this stone  wrote, " I call this my art object (my undeline). My grandmother and mother both used it when making Sauerkraut to weigh down the contents, so the cabbage  would stay in the brine. ... Several years back, I gave this big one a place of honor on this green plate. It is displayed on a small table as work of nature's art."   (The photograph -- cropped and with added outline -- was taken by Mrs. Edie. The plate is 11½ inches in diameter.)

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"Fieldstone Buildings ... ":

??Info on way from Reed Wicander's friend about one or two of the buildings shown in this file ??