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This sturdy livestock barn was designed and built by Rika Wallen
after the pattern of those in her Swedish homeland. She raised
registered Holsteins which started as culled calves from Creamer's
Dairy in Fairbanks. She also raised oxen, sheep and goats. More
often than not, her dairy cows didn't spend much time in the barn
but tended to free range with the local bison herd. Old-timers
remember Rika cranking up the Model A to go find the cows for the
evening milking, then she would have to ward off the bison as she
milked. One neighbor recalls, "It was a real menagerie at
Rika's." |
