Skipper,
Thank you for these evocative images. You have captured the essence of St. Cloud and it does look like a place frozen in time.
Our extended family is following this story, and your pictures are an important part of the saga.

The field in front of the old farm, with the town sign on it, appears to be stubble, as if grain had been harvested from it. Dad mentioned the grain stooks and stubble fields in 1944.

E. Wayne Campbell