Abstract Typed summary of interview (5 leaves) mentioning McFarlane's uncle, Henry C. Lyon, foreman and manager of Rand and Brown Farm (1881-1882), John Elliot who followed Lyon as foreman, a description of Rand and Brown Farm's location, General Thomas M. Walker, a Civil War veteran from Erie, Penn., who managed the Rand and Brown Farm and later bought his own farm, a brief mention of his wife Agnes Coughey Walker, a description of the Rand and Brown Farm buildings including the grain elevators, and...

Abstract Two interviews concerning the Pratt family. First interview (9 leaves) with R.W. (Robert Wesley) Pratt and his wife, Anne (Margach) Pratt, concerns George and Mathilda (Dempsey) Pratt moving to N.D. in 1880 from Ontario, George's brothers, James, WIlliam, and R.J., who moved to N.D., difficulties in plowing, W.J. Pratt and his wife, Dr. Charlotte Campbell, George Pratt's gift of property to his four children, James Pratt selling his business to L.J. (Lewis) Margach, mention of General Thomas M....