“They would have debates and political lectures and nature lectures. They would have card games and just about anything.” – Janine Carroll

“So what’s better than three and a half blocks all filled up with sidewalk sales and concession booths, and rose mauling on our rose benches.” – Hazel Cail

“People like Paul Gotaas and the two Servold brothers… you could have 3,000 people in that valley watching the great Norwegian jumpers.” – Dr. William G. Gibson

“We would come here from New Norway back in the late forties, early fifties… We would have dinner there, then shop up and down main street.” – Dennis Johnson

“I think people who own these local businesses, they really want to provide a service. They’re not just out for the buck.” – Renate Burns