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Folder 1

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Contains 1 Collection or Record:

Diary

 Item — Folder: 1
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Relates, in very good detail, the daily activities of Mr. Land who moved from Davenport, N.D. to homestead in Bottineau County near Mohall, N.D. with Halvor Haugan and his sons, Martin and Louis Haugan. They traveled by railroad car to Minot and then by wagon to their claims. There is an entry for every day detailing such activities as hauling their possessions and lumber from Minot, constructing the shacks, breaking the sod, and the weather, including a June snowstorm.
Dates: 1901 May 25-July 12.