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Minnesota -- Frontier and pioneer life.

 Subject
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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

J. Hollis Gale Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 442
Abstract Correspondence and summary of interview (10 p.) with Gale's son, Harry F. Gale, relating to J. Hollis Gale's life, family affairs, and early pioneers of Cass County, N.D., and Moorhead, Minn., including James Holes and David H. Houston; reminiscence of Gale's daughter, concerning her parents and grandmother, Julia Simmons, of Woodstock, Vt., and later California; audit report of Gale's estate and final decree; autograph book; and clippings. Other family members represented include Gale's wife,...
Dates: 1880-1971

Luman H. Tenney Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC 340
Abstract Typescript copy (154 p.) of Luman H. Tenney's diary and family letters, from 1860-1880. They touch on various subjects including religion, child rearing, Mormanism, the Chicago Fire of 1871, travel, business, Temperance, politics, hunting, recreation, and daily life. Luman Tenney was instrumental in the settlement of Glyndon, Minnesota and the land surrounding it through his Northern Pacific connections.
Dates: 1860-1914.

Mary Ann Gamble Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 474
Abstract Copies of correspondence from Gamble and her children to her parents, the William Neills, in Beaverton, Ont., concerning family matters and frontier life in Kittson County, Minn.
Dates: 1865-1902.

Thortvedt Family Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC 332
Overview Small Collection pertaining to Red River Valley pioneer, Olav Thortvedt and his family.
Dates: 1941-1955