memories

In Touch with Prairie Living, August 2022
By Michael M. Miller

The Northwest Blade, Eureka, SD, published a wonderful article in August 2020, “Granddaughter keeps grandmother’s precious chamomile seeds,” by Cindy Schumacher. Cindy wrote about the experiences of Judy Hooff. Judy was a resident of Eureka, founded in 1887, once called the “Breadbasket of the World” for its many wheat elevators and the trains that transported the grain to the rest of the country.

In Touch with Prairie Living, May 2022
By Michael M. Miller

On November 8, 1993, I interviewed Eva (Gross) Schatz at the Marillac Manor Retirement Center in Bismarck, ND. Eva was 89 at the time of the interview. She died on April 2, 2002. I have fond memories interviewing Eva. Her heartwarming complete oral history audio and transcription are at http://hdl.handle.net/10365/14243.

In Touch with Prairie Living, April 2022
By Michael M. Miller

In this month’s column, the focus is Easter memories in German-Russian homes on the Dakota prairies.

By Michael M. Miller

With the Holiday Season approaching, I extend Yuletide Best Wishes to you and your family. I would like to share Christmas memories from our Germans from Russia community.

By Sister Katherine Kraft, OSB
St. Joseph’s Monastery, St. Joseph, Minn.

You can read this article on the Emmons County Record website here.

Emmons County Record, December 24, 2020, Volume 137, No. 30

By Cindy Schumacher
The Northwest Blade, Eureka, McPherson County, S.D.