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Book/Printed Material Old rail fence corners; the A.B.C.'s of Minnesota history.

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Title

  • Old rail fence corners; the A.B.C.'s of Minnesota history.

Summary

  • This is an anthology of anecdotes about the Minnesota frontier, dating primarily from the 1840s and 1850s. The material seems to have been collected directly from original settlers who were still alive in the early twentieth century. There are abundant descriptions of early logging operations, agriculture, building practices, plagues, infestations, flora and fauna, and floods. Accounts of local culture range from descriptions of Indian-white relations to boarding-house life, foodways, dances and other festivities. Several settlers were attracted to Minnesota for the celebrated health of its climate; others recall its life-threatening cold.

Names

  • Daughters of the American Revolution. Minnesota Society. Old Trails and Historic Spots Committee.
  • Morris, Lucy Leavenworth Wilder, 1865-1935, ed.

Created / Published

  • [Austin, Minn., Published by The F.H. McCulloch Printing Co.] 1914.

Headings

  • -  Frontier and pioneer life--Minnesota

Notes

  • -  "Authentic incidents gleaned from the old settlers, by the Book Committee."
  • -  On verso of t.-p.: Lucy Leavenworth Wilder Morris, editor.

Medium

  • 5 p.l., 9-324, [2], p. front., plates, ports., fold. map. 22 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • F607 .D232

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 15019293

Online Format

  • image
  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Daughters Of The American Revolution. Minnesota Society. Old Trails And Historic Spots Committee. Old rail fence corners; the A.B.C.'s of Minnesota history. editeds by Morris, Lucy Leavenworth Wilder [Austin, Minn., Published by The F.H. McCulloch Printing Co, 1914] Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/15019293/.

APA citation style:

Daughters Of The American Revolution. Minnesota Society. Old Trails And Historic Spots Committee, Morris, L. L. W., ed. (1914) Old rail fence corners; the A.B.C.'s of Minnesota history. [Austin, Minn., Published by The F.H. McCulloch Printing Co] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/15019293/.

MLA citation style:

Daughters Of The American Revolution. Minnesota Society. Old Trails And Historic Spots Committee. Old rail fence corners; the A.B.C.'s of Minnesota history. ed by Morris, Lucy Leavenworth Wilder [Austin, Minn., Published by The F.H. McCulloch Printing Co, 1914] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/15019293/>.