Jessie Soliday MacKenzie Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 16
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates
- 1952
Creator
- Mackenzie, Jessie Soliday, 1872- (Person)
Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the NDSU Archives.
Copyrights
Copyrights to this collection are held by the NDSU Archives.
Biography
Jessie Augusta Soliday was born February 14, 1872 to Henry Augustus Soliday and Sarah Ann Galehouse. She was the daughter of one of the first pioneering families to settle in Carrington, North Dakota in 1882. She was married to John Ross MacKenzie in September of 1903; they had one child in 1904, George L. MacKenzie. She passed away in October 1967 in San Diego, California.
Extent
1 Items (1 item)
Language of Materials
English
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.
Provenance
Donated by Thomas E. Mackenzie, 1952 (Acc. 16)
Property rights
The NDSU Archives owns the property rights to this collection.
- Blizzards -- North Dakota.
- Carrington & Casey Land Company.
- Carrington (N.D.) -- History.
- Casey, Lyman R., 1837-1914
- Christmas -- North Dakota.
- Correspondence.
- Frontier and pioneer life -- North Dakota -- Foster County.
- Mackenzie, Jessie Soliday, 1872-
- Reminiscences.
- Soliday, Henry Augustus, 1836-1923.
- Soliday, Sarah Ann, 1842-1918.
- Women pioneers -- North Dakota.
Creator
- Mackenzie, Jessie Soliday, 1872- (Person)
- Title
- Finding Aid to Jessie Soliday MacKenzie Collection
- Description rules
- Rda
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
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