Grassland fires -- North Dakota.
Subject
Subject Source: Library Of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
Byron N. Stone Family Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 1486
Abstract
Typed copy of reminiscence entitled "Reminiscences of Byron N. Stone, Sr.," (21 leaves) on his parents, Aurelius and Sarah Ann (Shepherd) Stone. Reminiscence includes mention of his grandfather, John M. Shepherd, a Wisconsin pioneer, making lye, making maple sugar, moving to N.D. with his brother, Frederick, prairie fires, blizzards and winter travel, deaths from the winter weather, selecting the LaMoure county seat, his livery stable, owning and managing a hotel, managing the Downing Farm...
Dates:
1930-1967
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
Luther Wyckoff Family Records
Collection
Identifier: SC 1366
Abstract
Notes from an interview done in 1938 with her father, James, concerning his father, Luther Wyckoff, and his family moving to Cass County, N.D. from Taylors Falls, Minn. Includes mention of horse-drawn wagon travel, mosquitoes, threshing for the Dalrymples, prairie fires, Luther and James running a stage line between Stillwater and Taylors Falls, Minn, Luther's near drowning, selling their homemade horse-radish, Luther being elected Cass County Assessor, his dental practice, and the death of...
Dates:
[1965?].
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.