Minnesota -- Frontier and pioneer life.
Subject
Subject Source: Source Not Specified
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.
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Mary Ann Gamble Papers
Thortvedt Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 332
Overview
Small Collection pertaining to Red River Valley pioneer, Olav Thortvedt and his family.
Dates:
1941-1955