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Frontier and pioneer life -- North Dakota -- Grand Forks County.

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

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

Reminiscences of the Early Eighties in Dakota

 Collection
Identifier: SC 718
Abstract Typed reminiscences concerning her parents, Daniel and Cynthia Folger, who moved to Niagara, N.D. from Lockport, N.Y. Includes mention of native flowers and wildlife, early crops, blizzards, her father's trips to Larimore, N.D. for supplies, the death of Chris Severson, a neighbor, a picnic on July 4, 1882 at Bachelor's Grove, 1883 New Year's Eve party, the first school teacher, Cella Rossiter, and the 1885 wheat harvest. Note: this writing may be one of fiction.
Dates: 1900.

Saga of a Prairie Teacher

 Collection
Identifier: SC 227
Abstract Galley proof of her book, Saga of a prairie teacher, which includes mention of her family, life in Minnesota, her father's drinking, moving to North Dakota, the death of a sister and a brother, her teaching experiences in Grand Forks County rural schools and in Williston, N.D. public school, attending college at Mayville and Valley City, N.D., her operation and convalescence in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and traveling after her retirement from teaching.
Dates: [1950?].

William F. Krueger Biography

 Item
Identifier: SC 737
Overview This collection consists of a typed biography from 1928 of William Krueger.
Dates: 1928.