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Sargent County (N.D.)

 Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Frank Wisnewski Family Records

 Collection
Identifier: SC 1928
Abstract Typed family history concerning the Frank and Barbara (Brach) Wisnewski family. History begins about 1871 and ends in 1897. Includes mention of their early life in Pittsburgh, Pa., coming to N.D. in 1882, their sod house, the cold winters, carrying food supplies from Wahpeton, N.D., prairie fires, hauling wood to construct a roof, their children, working for area farmers, working on the railroad as it expanded, poverty in their early years, threshing, trading horses and oxen, adding rooms to...
Dates: Majority of material found within [197-?].

Walter B. Rae Interview, 1955

 Collection
Identifier: SC 499
Abstract Born 1894 in Sargent County, N.D. Family moved to Clay County, Minn. in 1899 and in 1909 moved north of Dilworth, Minn. Left partially paralyzed after recovering from influenza in 1918. He was employed by city of Dilworth, Minn. as town clerk and waterworks superintendent.
Dates: 1955.