Abstract Letters, typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett concerning his father, James McDonald, an early settler at Caledonia, and the Grandin boats on the Red River. James McDonald died when a wagon load of wheat overturned and tipped into the Sheyenne River. Interview mentions Asa Sargeant and George Weston, early Traill County settlers. George Weston was later elected Register of Deeds and County Clerk. Letter from Neal Sargeant, son of Asa Sargeant, mentions steamboats "Alsop," "Pluck," and...

Abstract Correspondence, typed summary of interview (5 leaves) with Leonard Sackett concerning his life and the Grandin elevator at Gardner, N.D. Includes mention of the homestead built by his father, Carl Walters, and of the Grandin elevator that stood nearby, hauling grain on the Red River, James Pratt, the first elevator manager, Jacob Walters' job on the steamboat "Minnesota," and its crew, Jacob's brother, Charlie Walters, Jacob's wife, Bertha Swenson Walters, and addendum mentioning Bertha's...

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.