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Riverton inventor is a Jack of all trades

RIVERTON - Eighty-six-year-old Riverton resident Jack McAllister was given the perfect name - he is a Jack of all trades. McAllister is an inventor with more than 15 patents to his name, an...

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Portage Lake Trail recaptures early travel route

...Native Americans and trappers over 300 years ago to travel by water from the Mississippi River to Mille Lacs Lake."Jack McAllister of Riverton is credited with bringing the trail proposal to the county's trail plan committee. Bryan Pike, county...

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Jack McAllister has 15 patents in his name, including five for self-raising roofs. He also photographs wild flowers and writes poetry. Is there anything this Riverton resident doesn't do?

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In the Sept. 18 story about Jack McAllister the invention shown in the photo is a paddle-wheel outboard motor, not a boat. The plaque with the poem in memory of the 120-year-old...

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McAllister philosophical about his life as a Jack of all trades

RIVERTON - Jack McAllister is an inventor, engraver, photographer, poet and doomsday philosopher. Photos Is there anything the 79-year-old Riverton...

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McAllister releases Racehorse Checkers

RIVERTON - Racehorse Checkers, a new game from Riverton inventor Jack McAllister, is available for purchase at CatTales Books in downtown Brainerd. It can be played at Coco Moon in downtown Brainerd. McAllister...

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...honorable mention). Poetry: Candace Simar (first); Marianne McNamara (second); Jan Chronister, Linda Johnson and Jack McAllister (honorable mention). Judges were Carolyn Corbett (memoir/creative nonfiction), Michael Soderlund (essay...

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...crafts festival, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Brainerd High School, free. CROSBY "Author Talk" with Jack McAllister, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Thursday, large meeting room at Jessie F. Hallett Memorial Library. CROSSLAKE Movies...

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...flight. The capsule and schoolhouse room also includes an interactive invention of museum governing board member Jack McAllister that visitors can work to duplicate in miniature the rise of a balloon from the mine pit and its landing a day later...

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...reseeding so we are very excited to see what comes up," Nelson said. "We found a wild grapevine and network member Jack McAllister built a great fence for it to grow on. New signs have been installed to help identify plants and dedications for...

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