Abstract Typed copy of Mrs. MacKenzie’s booklet (8 leaves) concerning her parents, Henry Augustus and Sarah Ann (Galehouse) Soliday, who came to the Carrington area in 1883 from Canton, Ohio; includes mention of 1883 blizzard, Lyman R. Casey, his brother J.B. Casey, Carrington & Casey Land Co., Kirkwood Hotel which burned and was rebuilt, plowing snow with the train, social life in early Carrington, and celebrating Christmas.

Abstract Letter, and two interviews. First interview (3 leaves) with Leonard Sackett mentions Melville, N.D., a business partnership with his uncle, T.N. Putnam, Carrington & Casey farm lands, Peter Zink, an area pioneer, Melville baseball team, and its most famous player, Billy Sunday. Second interview (7 leaves) with Ralph Miller and James Edward (Ed) Galehouse mentions Charlie Wing (known as C.K.), his trading and poker playing, a brothel near Carrington, brief mention of Mrs. Galehouse and Mabel...