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“One man’s Family” by Raymond Brey Reminiscences
Collection
Identifier: SC 593
Abstract
Reminiscence of Mr. Brey concerning his parents, Warren and Amelia Brey, who came in 1901 to Surrey, N.D. from northern Indiana to homestead. It recounts the early years of farming, other family members who also homesteaded, his own homesteading in 1917 on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, and his views on the changes from the early twentieth century to 1967, including critical comments on William Langer.
Dates:
1967
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
"The Story of His Life", by Pat Costello
Item
Identifier: SC 580
Abstract
Typed autobiographical account by Pat Costello about his life, including farming in Indiana, laundry burned down, farm debts, buying and selling horses, working on railroads in Illinois, Indiana, Texas, Washington, and Oregon, farming near Argusville, and garbage collecting in Fargo, N.D. to feed hogs.
Dates:
1953.
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies