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Richards Farm (Minn.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Eliot Richards Interview

 Collection
Identifier: SC 525
Scope and Contents Typed summary of an interview (7 leaves) concerning his father, Harry Richards, Fargo coal dealer and later farmer at Perley, Minn. Includes mention of Harry Richards finding his farm, describes its location on the Red River, mentions a landslide near the house, description of how the house was heated, the poultry business located at the Richards Farm, O.C. Olson, General Thomas M. Walker and his death, and Harry Richards' first automobile.
Dates: 1955

Olaus C. Olson Interview

 Collection
Identifier: SC 501
Abstract Typed summary of interview and addenda, with Leonard Sackett, relating to steamboats hauling grain on the Red River, the Richards Farm, includes mention of Harry Richards, his wife, and son, Elliott, the Grandin elevator on the Finney farm, and a handwritten note.
Dates: 1955.

Ole Peter Wiig Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 456
Abstract Typed summary of interview (6 leaves) with Ole Peter and Martha Wiig concerning his life at Lake Park and Perley, Minn. Includes mention of his first jobs in Lake Park, Minn. as a laborer and a farm worker, working on the Walker farm, his wife's job as Walker Farm cook, their wages, their experiences owning a farm and later, owning a hotel in Perley, Minn. Also includes clippings.
Dates: 1950, 1954-1957.