We busied ourselves building a fort in the hayloft of the old barn. While Dale, Scott and Bill excavated a tunnel to another secret chamber, I nudged a block into place on one of the turrets.

At nearly 99 years old, Betty Harstad (Elizabeth Mason) is the oldest member of the Chanhassen Historical Society. She was born Oct. 17, 1912, to Edmund and Anna Mason. Betty was one of their five ...