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Frontier and pioneer life -- Nebraska.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Autobiography of William G. Starck

 Item
Identifier: SC 592
Abstract Photocopy of typescript autobiography that documents the lives of his German immigrant parents, Theodore and Wilhelmina Starck, who lived and farmed in Missouri and Nebraska and Starck's homesteading in Oliver County, N.D. in 1902. Includes mention of his parents trying to farm in Nebraska, their return to Missouri and coming back to Nebraska, his own experiences handling horses, the hospitality of German Russians in N.D., threshing, and a rooster used as an alarm clock.
Dates: 1949.

Frank Dau Reminiscences

 Collection
Identifier: SC 616
Abstract Photocopy of a typed reminiscence concerning his parents, Detlef and Elsabe Dau, their life in Ellingstedt, Germany, emigrating to the United States, farming near Bancroft, Neb., and later near Thief River Falls, Minn., and some genealogical material.
Dates: Majority of material found within [1900-1969?]

Johanna Tvedt Interview

 Collection
Identifier: SC 1913
Abstract Typed summary of interview concerning her trip to America and pioneer life in Nebraska and North Dakota. Includes mention of the poor shipboard conditions, her arrival at Kearney, Neb., her visits to Spalding, Neb. where her two brothers lived, working for her sister to repay her ticket, moving to N.D., farm life, sending their four children to school in Larimore, N.D., blind pigs in Larimore, and moonshine.
Dates: 1971