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Published November 13, 2009, 12:00 AM

Photo Gallery: Cloquet families featured in 'Alaska Far Away'


Here's a photo of Irene and Henning Benson in Ogden, Utah, on their way to San Francisco in April 1935 with the other colonists from Minnesota. (Courtesy of the Benson-Fox family)

  • Here's a photo of Irene and Henning Benson in Ogden, Utah, on their way to San Francisco in April 1935 with the other colonists from Minnesota. (Courtesy of the Benson-Fox family)
  • Irene Benson is shown in the first field of grain in 1936, one year after her arrival in Palmer, Alaska, with a new barn being finished in background. (Courtesy of the Benson-Fox family)
  • Irene Benson is seen here pitching hay while Henning Benson watches. The photo was taken late summer 1936. Irene loved to farm, so when Henning took a break she grabbed the pitch fork and went to work. The neighbor who took the picture thought it was the funniest sight because she was 4 to 5 months pregnant. (Courtesy of the Benson-Fox family)
  • Colony kids are seen in a tent camp. (Courtesy of Joanie Juster)
  • Frank Swanda points while his wife, Minnie Swanda, hold their son, Frank Jr. (Courtesy of Joanie Juster)
  • A family waves beside a train. (Courtest of Joanie Juster)