McCauley, David, 1825-1900.
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
David McCauley Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 329
Abstract
Postmaster, express agent and army sutler for Fort Abercrombie.
Dates:
1845-1955
Sod House Days in the Red River Valley Records
Collection
Identifier: SC 1058
Abstract
Typed reminiscence (19 leaves) on his pioneer Norwegian immigrant parents, Andrew and Christine Overby, who settled in Wilkin County, Minn. in 1890. Includes mention of digging water wells, plowing with oxen, description of a sod house, David McCauley and McCauleyville, Minn., road construction, peddlers, threshing, butchering, stage coaches, passenger and freight traffic on the Red River, expansion of the railroad, blizzards and weather during the 1896-1897 winter, and the naming of Wilkin...
Dates:
Majority of material found within [196-].