Frontier and pioneer life -- Minnesota.
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:
George B. Rasmusen Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 532
Abstract
Typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett concerning his parents, Knut and Barbara? (Larson) Rasmusen, Norwegian immigrants, who first settled near Preston Minn., later moving to Georgetown, Minn. in 1881. Includes brief mention of his brothers, John, a blacksmith who moved to S.D. to farm, returned to Fargo where he died in 1920, 1882 spring flooding of the Buffalo and Sheyenne rivers, Robert, a barber in Moorhead, and George's farm near Audubon, Minn.
Dates:
1955
Grandin Farm Newspaper Clippings Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 555
Abstract
Consists of typed transcriptions, with commentary by Jim Fay, Moorhead, Minn., concerning the Grandin Farm and other large farms in the Georgetown, Minn. area. Other persons mentioned include C.P. Jones, E.M. Prindle.
Dates:
1891-1916
Guilford G. Hartley Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 835
Abstract
Letter with some information on his North Dakota farming operation, and his obituary.
Dates:
1922, 1957
Halbert Webb Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 519
Abstract
Correspondence, typed summary of interview (13 leaves) with Leonard Sackett, and the original handwritten copy (40 leaves) and a typed copy (23 leaves) of his recollections titled "Some recollections of Halbert L. Webb," which concerns his parents, the Eugene Grant family, H.D. Cooke, Reception House, George S. Barnes, F.A. Paige family, his apprenticeship, working with various newspapers, his postmaster job at Glyndon, Minn., a dairy partnership with his father, his farming experiences, the...
Dates:
1914, 1954-1957
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Halbert Webb Papers
John J. Shely Family Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 188
Abstract
John Shely was a pioneer settler at Shelly, Minnesota.
Dates:
1872-1956
John McCallum Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 563
Abstract
Typed summary of interview (6 leaves) with additions concerning the Hill Farm. Interview mentions George and John Lohr, James J. Hill, George Lohr's death in a 1913 auto accident, describes Hill's farm, comprised of Humboldt Division and Northcote Division, John Lohr's flax crop, sale of Hill's farm. Also includes a letter of transmittal.
Dates:
1955-1956
John W. Burnham Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 155
Abstract
Topics covered include army life (1863-1867), service with Henry Hasting Sibley in North Dakota, the 121st United States Colored Troops, army experiences in the Southwest after the war.
Dates:
1818-1911.
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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John W. Burnham Papers
Kenneth Murray Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 564
Abstract
Typed summary of interview, with annotations, with Leonard Sackett concerning Northcote Farm, a division of James Hill's bonanza farm, his father, Donald Murray, who emigrated from Scotland to Canada, and brought the family to Northcote Farm about 1880, the Northcote store purchased by Kenneth Murray, Walter Hill, the electric light plant installed at Northcote, brief mention of John Lohr and H. Dan McGrew, also managers of Northcote Farm.
Dates:
1955.
Knute J. Lind Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 571
Abstract
Typed carbon copy of interview summary with Leonard Sackett concerning his father, John A. Lind, Bengt E. Sundberg who emigrated with John A. Lind from Sweden, Captain Donaldson, and Frank Kiene, all of whom were big farmers and landowners near Donaldson, Minn. Relates how Frank Kiene got the money to purchase farm land. Also includes "My own personal history," (1 leaf) Lind's own reminiscences about his life in America.
Dates:
1955.
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.