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Hillsboro (N.D.) -- Agriculture -- Farms and farming.

 Subject
Subject Source: Source Not Specified

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Grandin Farms Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Mss 2890
Abstract Materials relating to Grandin Farms, bonanza wheat farm in Cass and Traill counties, N.D., founded 1876 by Grandin brothers, John L. and W.J. Grandin (originally of Tidoute, Pa.), stockholders of Northern Pacific Railroad, who came to North Dakota to claim railroad land.
Dates: 1879-1960.

Samuel Hovland Family Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 656
Abstract Typewritten summary of interview with Hovland's daughter and her husband, Lena (Hovland) and Martin Martinson, chiefly relating to Hovland's early employment as cook and the Grandin Farms by whom he was employed; legal documents; certificates, including seaman's certificate; biographical sketch; deeds; and clippings. Persons represented include Hovland's son, Elvin Hovland, and members of the Dalrymple family.
Dates: 1868-1956.