Overview Typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett concerning her father, Martin Hanson, Helendale Farm, and the J.B. Power family. Includes mention of Martin Hanson's coming to N.D., buying land near Helendale Farm, lists names and birthdates of Mabel's siblings, Mabel's employment as nanny and later as cook at Helendale Farm, description of the housing for J.B. Power, his son Allie, and Allie's family, a general store on Helendale Farm, kitchen arrangements, her friendship with the Power family,...

Abstract Letter, typed summary of interview (15 leaves) concerning J.B. Power, Helendale Farm, Amenia and Sharon Land Company, and his father Peter Walburg, a Swiss immigrant. Includes mention of their homestead near the Maple River, his work on Dalrymple No. 1 Farm, son Peter's first jobs as mule driver, choreboy, and herding horses for the Dalrymples, cutting wood at Helendale Farm, his father, and later Martin Hanson, hauling mail, Helendale Farm's soil, selling out and moving to Leonard, N.D.,...

Abstract Typed summary of first interview (12 leaves) with Leonard Sackett includes mention of the Chaffee family, Helendale Farm, description of a round grain elevator at Amenia, handling grain, his uncle, Cornelius Reed, who worked at the Amenia grain elevator, plows and grain binders used at Amenia and Sharon, Amenia store, description of various sections of Amenia and Sharon land, Robert and John Reed buying cattle and sheep, raising sheep at the Amenia and Sharon, the Reed-Sargent farm partnership...