Eras

Palmer Stadum's hands-on role in bringing the first power lines to North Dakota farms through the Baker Electric Cooperative — and Rugby Pioneer Village's formal recognition 40 years later.

Palmer Stadum's Seabees service in Hawaii and the Pacific. The war years that interrupted and then deepened the family's ties to craft, service, and homecoming.

Rodney Stadum's Air Force service during Vietnam — connecting the second generation of family service to the larger national story and to the Bowling Green years that followed.

Kristin Stadum's years at Bowling Green State University and the student newspaper — the beginning of a writing and public-service career that would carry the family voice forward.

Scott Stadum's grassroots service in Georgetown, Guyana — the third generation of family public-service commitment, echoing Palmer's cooperative work decades earlier.

The overlapping college years of Kristin and Scott Stadum at Bowling Green State University — BG News, early web work, and the transition into public life and advocacy.

The pandemic years in Faribault, MN — and the genesis of this living family archive as Scott began systematically collecting Palmer's photographs, oral histories, and family documents.