Blizzards -- North Dakota.
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 19 Collections and/or Records:
Carl M. Grimstad Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 162
Abstract
Carl Grimstad was a Walsh County, ND pioneer. The collection consists of a handwritten copy of his manuscript "Life in Dakota Territory, from 1879 to 1887," concerning his experience as a pioneer settler in Walsh County.
Dates:
1927-1932
Claus Jackson Records
Collection
Identifier: SC 901
Abstract
Photocopy of an article written by daughter Claire, recounts his life through various brief clippings compiled from the Cooperstown courier newspaper. Includes mention of his first job working railroad construction from Volga to Pierre, Dakota Territory (now S.D.), 1889 blizzard, his campaign for sheriff, attempting to stop a runaway horse team, his marriage, and births of his children.
Dates:
1939
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Claus Jackson Records
Family of Christoffer and Anne Rud Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 505
Abstract
Family history of Christoffer and Anne (1821-1893) Rud (spelled Ruud in Norway) whose children emigrated from Aurdal, Valdres, Norway and settled in Zumbrota, Minn., later moving to the Goose River Valley in N.D., and were followed by their parents. Includes mention of life in Norway, settling in Minnesota, meeting relatives and friends who settled in the Goose River Valley, church services in their cabin, marriages of their children, brief mention of snowstorms and prairie fires, and social...
Dates:
1960
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-?].
Historical Sketches of the Stoa Family Records
Collection
Identifier: SC 1154
Abstract
Collection of three sketches written by his sons and second wife, Ida, concerning the Stoa family in Norway, immigrating to America, and life in America. Sketches are entitled: "Elling J. Stoa (1855-1921), an introduction to a brief write-up of a Traill County (North Dakota) pioneer, Elling J. Stoa and his family," (3 leaves) compiled by Theodore E. Stoa; "Incidents from pioneer days, Stoa Clan," (20 leaves) by J.E. Stoa; "Contributions to the family history," (12 leaves) by Mother [Ida Karine...
Dates:
1961
“History of August Landblom Family” by Myrtle Euren Challey
Collection
Identifier: SC 602
Abstract
Photocopy of a typed history of August (1846-1925) and Clara (Johnson) Landblom (1849-1918), Swedish immigrants who settled near Harwood, N.D. Includes mention of their immigration, settling along the Sheyenne River in 1871, a description of their farm house, homesteading, flooding, and blizzards. Includes a list of their children and their birthdates.
Dates:
1966
Jessie Soliday MacKenzie Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 16
Abstract
Typed copy of Mrs. MacKenzie’s booklet (8 leaves) concerning her parents, Henry Augustus and Sarah Ann (Galehouse) Soliday, who came to the Carrington area in 1883 from Canton, Ohio; includes mention of 1883 blizzard, Lyman R. Casey, his brother J.B. Casey, Carrington & Casey Land Co., Kirkwood Hotel which burned and was rebuilt, plowing snow with the train, social life in early Carrington, and celebrating Christmas.
Dates:
1952
Martha E. Green Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 55
Abstract
Photocopy of pioneer life reminiscences by Martha E. Green; includes mention of wheat harvest, fuel sources, 1888 blizzard.
Dates:
Majority of material found within [19--].
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Martha E. Green Papers
Mary E. Mallick Letters
Collection
Identifier: SC 621
Abstract
Correspondence concerning mainly the Lyman R. Casey family, with mention of his wife and daughter Theodora who sent letters from overseas to Mary F. Mallick, George Palmer, Carrington & Casey Land Company manager, Carrington & Casey Land Company, and the Edward Chase family, especially son Russell and daughter Alice; mentions Mary's father, John P. Fitzgerald, and his death in an 1897 railroad accident following a blizzard, her mother, Margaret Mary and her death, being raised by an...
Dates:
1955-1956.
Merton Field Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 28
Abstract
Merton Field was a Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin physician and NDSU graduate. His papers consist of correspondence, writings, autobiography and newspaper clippings. The autobiography, "By Many Trails," is a typed transcription (131 p.) relating Mr. Field's childhood and college days to include his father, Jacob A. Field, ranch life near Bismarck, ND, herding cattle, schooling, death of his teacher in a blizzard, prairie fires, Nick Spain, his dog "Mac," school years at North Dakota Agricultural...
Dates:
1901-1959
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Merton Field Papers