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	Podcast:		Local Features by WXPR
	Episode:		A Northwoods Christmas Train Ride
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:03:05
	Publish Date:		2020-12-23 11:45:00
	Description:		Christmas is a time when children and grandchildren return home to visit with elderly parents and celebrate the season. Traveling by airline or automobile over the holidays can be stressful, but modern highways and airline schedules make it relatively easy to accomplish. Stress has always been a part of holiday travel, but imagine a time when the pace was slower, and the journey was part of the celebration. William T. Evjue was born in 1882 and grew up in Merrill. He lived most of his adult life in the Madison area and became a powerful voice for progressive causes in the state capital, but he always found a way to return to his Northwoods birthplace, particularly at Christmas. When the holiday season of 1938 arrived, Evjue, like so many other Northwoods natives, packed up his family and began the trek northward to spend the holiday with his elderly parents in Merrill. By 1938 automobiles were the preferred means of travel for most people as they allowed convenience of scheduling and
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