Steam-engines -- North Dakota.
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Andrew Jespersen Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 502
Abstract
Letter, typed interview summary (9 leaves) and copy with notations concerning the Park Farm, steam engines, death of his brother-in-law from a steam engine explosion, digging wells for water, military and Indian artifacts found on his land, tree planting, father Peter Jespersen. Also includes obituary of Jespersen.
Dates:
1954; 1959
Bessie Punton Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 314
Overview
This collection contains correespondence related to the Punton family.
Dates:
1954-1960.
Daisy Punton Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 510
Abstract
Typed summary of interview (3 leaves) with Leonard Sackett concerning her husband, Thomas J. Punton; her father-in-law, Thomas Punton, Sr.; her sister-in-law, Bessie Punton; includes mention of John Burns, Park Farm and its steam engines, Thomas Punton Sr.'s purchase of Elgin Farm. Also includes clippings of various Punton family members.
Dates:
1954-1956
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Daisy Punton Papers
Fred S. Rutledge Papers
Collection
Identifier: Mss 222
Abstract
Fred Rutledge was a Walsh County, N.D. homesteader. His papers include correspondence; family histories of Becker, Canfield, Dickison, Harrison, Hudson, Lindell, Rutledge, and Wheelock families; his handwritten manuscript "A Christmas Vacation in Virginia" (52 p.), and a typed copy of his manuscript "Reminiscences of Fred Rutledge" (243 p.) covering his youth and days as a lumberjack, hobo, railroadman, thresher, and farmer in Minnesota and North Dakota.
Dates:
1884-1961
Samuel M. Francis Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 757
Abstract
Typed summary of interview with corrections concerning his father, his mother's family, the McEldowney's, homesteading near Ayr, N.D., the Elgin Farm, the Dalrymple Farm, the Park Farm, and their operation, including use of steam engine tractors.
Dates:
1956.