Jim Geezhik at the mouth of the Poplar River in Lutsen, courtesy of Alta McQuatters
Community Conversations

Community Conversations – Alta McQuatters

A visit to Niagara Falls

Alta as a baby and with her mother Ruth, and her High School graduation picture.

In this very special edition of Community Conversations on WTIP, we talk with life-long Lutsen resident and Grand Portage Band Member Alta McQuatters.

Alta’s grandmother Julia holding Ruth, Alta’s mother.

Newspaper clipping about Jim Geezhik.

The daughter of Ervine and Ruth Parent, Alta introduces us to her family’s Shingibiss and Geezhik relatives, as well her Parent and Allard ancestors.
A local historian and archiver of history, Alta shares the story of White Sky Rock, the first school at Lutsen, some early history of Arrowhead Electric Co. and talks frankly about what it was like growing up on the North Shore.

Alta’s father receiving the “Head Lineman Award” at an Arrowhead Electric banquet.