Foster County (N.D.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 9 Collections and/or Records:
James Sweeney Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 1041
Abstract
Donor letter, and typed reminiscence "Narrative of James Sweeney," (12 leaves), as related to J. Ross Mackenzie (dated June 1, 1921), concerning Mr. Sweeney's life in the 5th U.S. Army in the 1850s and gold prospecting in Colorado, Utah and Nevada. Includes mention of the Mountain Meadows massacre, army duty in Texas, Florida, and Utah, pioneer wagon trains, rationing food, freight hauling in Nebraska, Wyoming, and S.D.
Dates:
1921, 1960
Leslie N. Putnam Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 591
Abstract
Typed summary of first interview (3 leaves) with Leonard Sackett concerning the Putnam family and their lumberyard business. Mentions Ralph L. Miller, business partner of T.N. Putnam; Leslie Putnam's struggle to retain the farm; T.N.'s career in lumber business; his election as Foster County Treasurer and both houses of N.D. legislature. Second interview (1 leaf) with Leonard Sackett mentions L.B. Hanna's purchase in 1932 of the Carrington and Casey ranch, includes references to Hanna's...
Dates:
1954.
Maria E. Larrabee Letters
Collection
Identifier: SC 551
Abstract
Typed copy of letter dated June 18, 1906 which is Mrs. Larrabee's response to George J. Backen's invitation to attend Old Settlers Reunion, has brief mention of their life in Foster County, including the births of two sons, mail delivery between Jamestown, N.D. and Fort Totten. Handwritten letter, dated Nov. 11, 1960, from Ralph Miller, Fargo, to Leonard Sackett which mentions the Old Settlers Association, their picnics, and a Captain Warren.
Dates:
1906, 1960.
Peter Zink Biography
Collection
Identifier: SC 475
Abstract
Original handwritten biographical sketch (24 leaves) of Peter Zink's life in Foster County, N.D. Includes mention of his brothers, Oscar and Wendlin, his children, his efforts to obtain a small loan, starting the Bank of Melville, hunting wild geese, George Palmer building a house as a wedding gift for Peter Zink, Jr., Peter Zink's short course in hog farming at North Dakota Agricultural College, and his suicide after experiencing memory loss. Also includes a typed copy (7 leaves) and a brief...
Dates:
1960.
Found in:
Institute for Regional Studies
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Peter Zink Biography
Ralph L. Miller Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 447
Abstract
Letter, and two interviews. First interview (3 leaves) with Leonard Sackett mentions Melville, N.D., a business partnership with his uncle, T.N. Putnam, Carrington & Casey farm lands, Peter Zink, an area pioneer, Melville baseball team, and its most famous player, Billy Sunday. Second interview (7 leaves) with Ralph Miller and James Edward (Ed) Galehouse mentions Charlie Wing (known as C.K.), his trading and poker playing, a brothel near Carrington, brief mention of Mrs. Galehouse and Mabel...
Dates:
1954-1961.
Ralph L. Miller, Fernando and Clara Alice Reimers Interview
Collection
Identifier: SC 276
Abstract
Typed summary of interview with Fernando and Clara Alice Reimers and Ralph L. Miller concerning the Carrington & Casey Land Company, with mention of her parents, William and Georgia Walters, the hotel they managed in Melville, N.D., George D. Palmer, Carrington & Casey Ranch manager, his wife Susie who baked bread in large quantities, L.B. Hibbard, sale of some aged Carrington and Casey Ranch mules, L.B. and Robert Hanna managing the ranch, and a description of the ranch buildings....
Dates:
1954.
Robert L. Hanna Collection of Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 606
Abstract
Two interviews with Leonard Sackett mentioning the Carrington and Casey Land Company, L.B. Hanna, George Palmer, and Hanna Stock Farm. George Palmer was superintendent of Carrington and Casey Land Company, and later purchased it in partnership with L.B. Hanna. Registered Angus cattle dispersal sale pamphlet from the Hanna Stock Farm and newspaper clipping of Robert Hanna's obituary included.
Dates:
1946, 1954-1956.
Russell D. Chase Papers
Collection
Identifier: SC 508
Abstract
Typed summary of interview (4 leaves) with Leonard Sackett concerning the Carrington & Casey Land Company, law partner George Thorpe, and obituaries of Mr. and Mrs. Chase.
Dates:
1954-1956, 1963.
Women's Literary Club of Carrington Records
Collection
Identifier: MSS 182
Abstract
The club was organized by a group of pioneer women in Carrington, N.D. as a study club with regular courses in literature and history.
Dates:
1897-1925, 1954.