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In Between. Brown Bear

Jouko Lehto

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In Between. Brown Bear Photograph

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Colorado Springs, CO - United States

I love the detail and imposing presence of this bear! All of my great-grandparents came from Finland to northern Michigan to work in the mines around the 1890's. Some are from Oulu and Kemijarvi (Rytilahti and Maki's)

Jouko Lehto replied:

Thank You for the comment, Steffani! Lots of people went to the States from Finland that time. Finland was a part of Russia back then, and the life was hard here. I suppose the other name is Mäki, meaning Hill - quite common surname here in Finland. Rytilahti means a bay with reeds.