George W. Tracy Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 437
Scope and Contents
Two detailed interviews (17 leaves and 9 leaves) with Leonard Sackett decribing the Tracy family's experiences at Amenia and Sharon farm, with mention of the farm buildings, other hired men, poor quality food, E.W. Chaffee's rules for hired men, their departure from Amenia and Sharon, George farming at Hunter, N.D., his move to Emmons County, N.D., his freight hauling business and sheep ranch, the Spicer family murders and the ensuing lynching. Typed copy of pamphlet "The Win Tracy story" (14 leaves) by George Tracy mentions his moving to Winona, N.D. (later flooded by Lake Oahe), freight hauling, the Spicer murders, and includes anecdotes concerning a drunken female saloon owner, a boy from the East and a drunken bar girl with a gun, and the accidental killing of a man with a water pitcher.
Dates
- 1955-1958
Creator
Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the NDSU Archives.
Copyrights
Copyrights to this collection is held by the NDSU Archives.
Biography
George Winslow Tracy was born on October 17, 1862 in East Smithfield, Pennsylvania to John Dorrance and Victoria (Phelps) Tracy. He left Pennyslvania and arrived in Fargo, North Dakota on April 1, 1881 with other men to work for Amenia and Sharon Land Company. In addition to farming, Tracy also worked in lumber, cattle, and sheep ranching, which he did near Fort Yates, North Dakota. Tracy also started a freigh hauling business which lasted until 1900.
He married Laura May Andrus on December 29, 1887 in Elmira, New York. They would have seven children: Anna May Tracy, Milton Bailey Tracy, Frances T. Tracy, Ruth Marie Tracy, Julian Andrus Tracy, George Winslow Tracy, and Marion Mega Tracy.
Laura died January 16, 1953 in Pollock, South Dakota. George Tracy died December 3, 1956 in Mobridge, South Dakota and is buried in Pollock, South Dakota.
He married Laura May Andrus on December 29, 1887 in Elmira, New York. They would have seven children: Anna May Tracy, Milton Bailey Tracy, Frances T. Tracy, Ruth Marie Tracy, Julian Andrus Tracy, George Winslow Tracy, and Marion Mega Tracy.
Laura died January 16, 1953 in Pollock, South Dakota. George Tracy died December 3, 1956 in Mobridge, South Dakota and is buried in Pollock, South Dakota.
Extent
11 Items (8 items.)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Two detailed interviews (17 leaves and 9 leaves) with Leonard Sackett decribing the Tracy family's experiences at Amenia and Sharon farm, with mention of the farm buildings, other hired men, poor quality food, E.W. Chaffee's rules for hired men, their departure from Amenia and Sharon, George farming at Hunter, N.D., his move to Emmons County, N.D., his freight hauling business and sheep ranch, the Spicer family murders and the ensuing lynching. Typed copy of pamphlet "The Win Tracy story" (14 leaves) by George Tracy mentions his moving to Winona, N.D. (later flooded by Lake Oahe), freight hauling, the Spicer murders, and includes anecdotes concerning a drunken female saloon owner, a boy from the East and a drunken bar girl with a gun, and the accidental killing of a man with a water pitcher.
Provenance
Donated by George W. Tracy in 1955 (Acc. 437).
Separated Materials - Photographs
3 photographs added separated into Photo 534
Property rights
The NDSU Archives owns the property rights to this collection.
- Agricultural laborers -- North Dakota.
- Amenia and Sharon Land Company.
- Bonanza farms -- North Dakota.
- Businessmen -- North Dakota.
- Cass County (N.D.)
- Chaffee, E. W. (Eben Whitney), 1824-1892.
- Clippings.
- Emmons County (N.D.) -- Anecdotes.
- Farm buildings -- North Dakota.
- Freight and freightage -- North Dakota.
- Frontier and pioneer life -- North Dakota -- Cass County.
- Frontier and pioneer life -- North Dakota -- Emmons County.
- Horses -- North Dakota.
- Hotels -- North Dakota.
- Hunter (N.D.)
- Indians of North America -- Social conditions -- North Dakota.
- Interviews.
- Lynching -- North Dakota -- Emmons County.
- Manuscripts.
- Ranchers -- North Dakota.
- Sheep -- North Dakota.
- Tracy family.
- Tracy, George W. (George Win), 1862-1956. -- : Interviews.
Creator
- Tracy, George W. (George Win), 1862-1956. (Person)
- Sackett, Leonard, 1901-1971. (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid to the George W. Tracy Papers
- Description rules
- Appm
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Institute for Regional Studies Repository
Contact:
West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu
West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu