Warren Skillicorn's favorite instrument is probably the banjo. This photo of Warren was taken in the 1930s by a novelist from "back east." Warren was entertaining people near Kozy Korner.
Uwe Krupp stands behind professional hockey's coveted Stanley Cup Tuesday at the Seeley Lake Elementary school and posed with photos of fans who filled the school's gymnasium to get photos and autographs by Krupp, a Seeley Lake area resident who was a player for the Champion Detroit Red Wings, was allowed to display the trophy for 24 hours at a place of his choosing. To read the rest of this issue visit https://www.seeleylake.com/home/customer_files/article_documents/2002-08-22.pdf
In celebration of 36 years of the Seeley Swan Pathfinder, each week we will run parts of articles that appeared in the issue 35 years ago and 20 years ago. The entire issue will be uploaded to our website seeleylake.com for you to enjoy. We hope you will enjoy the journey with us as we follow our community through the past 36 years as documented by the Pathfinder.
35 years ago: August 27, 1987 issue
Warren Skillicorn: Homespun musician and fireside entertainer
By Will Kats
Warren Skillicorn has been many things in his life - a life that has spanned 79 years, so far, and almost all of it in the Woodworth area east of Seeley Lake. Among other things, he has been a road builder, vegetable farmer, trapper, sawmill employee, craftsman and, most importantly, a musician.
His music has entertained people from all over the world, and his stories of growing up in this wild, mountain land, often hold people spellbound.
In 1910, Warren and his folks homesteaded a tract of ground near Upsata Lake. Nine years later, they "lost it to grocery bills" and moved to Billings. The country had a hold on them, though, and they returned in 1927 to purchase the 40 acres near Woodworth (Kozy Korner) locally known today as "Skillyville."
"There weren't no jobs, then, so we sawed railroad ties for 25 cents apiece, grew potatoes, and ate a lot of wild meat," Warren recalled recently. That wherewithal has seen him through good times and bad, and is reflected in the casual way he talks, and the down-to-earth stories he enjoys sharing....
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20 years ago: August 29, 2002 issue
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