Book/Printed Material The frontier holiday; being a collection of writings by Minnesota pioneers who recorded their divers ways of observing Christmas, Thanksgiving, and New Year's.
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Image 1 of The frontier holiday; being a collection of writings by Minnesota pioneers who recorded ... The FRONTIER HOLIDAY- Contributor: Hanson, Glenn
- Date: 1948
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Image 2 of The frontier holiday; being a collection of writings by Minnesota pioneers who recorded ... The FRONTIER HOLIDAY Being a collection of writings by Minnesota Pioneers who recorded their divers ways of observing Christmas, Thanksgiving and New Year's Edited & Illustrated by Glenn Henson Published by The...- Contributor: Hanson, Glenn
- Date: 1948
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Image 3 of The frontier holiday; being a collection of writings by Minnesota pioneers who recorded ... F606 .H25 Copy 2 The special contents of this book are copyrighted 1948 by the NORTH CENTRAL PUBLISHING COMPANY. RECEIVED MAR 28 1949 COPYRIGHT OFFICE ©IA 36046- Contributor: Hanson, Glenn
- Date: 1948
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Image 4 of The frontier holiday; being a collection of writings by Minnesota pioneers who recorded ... Dedicated... ...to that forward-looking faith which motivated the early builders of Minnesota and which is a source of our strength today. The sketch above is based on an old wood engraving of...- Contributor: Hanson, Glenn
- Date: 1948
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Image 5 of The frontier holiday; being a collection of writings by Minnesota pioneers who recorded ... Foreword Christmas today is marked by lights which bubble nervously on the tree, near-human dolls with an impressive array of natural functions and egg nog delivered right to your door by the...- Contributor: Hanson, Glenn
- Date: 1948
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Image 6 of The frontier holiday; being a collection of writings by Minnesota pioneers who recorded ... to study the sturdy foundations of the state as built by our pioneering forefathers. The homely writings reprinted here reflect the spirit and faith which guided the founders of Minnesota. The Frontier...- Contributor: Hanson, Glenn
- Date: 1948
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Image 7 of The frontier holiday; being a collection of writings by Minnesota pioneers who recorded ... Acknowledgments The editor of The Frontier Holiday wishes to express his sincere thanks to the staff members of the Minnesota Historical Society who helped him in his search for lore on early...- Contributor: Hanson, Glenn
- Date: 1948
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Image 8 of The frontier holiday; being a collection of writings by Minnesota pioneers who recorded ... by Ralph Henry Gabriel, Yale University Press, New Heaven, 1929; Album of American History, volumes I and II, by James Truslow Adams, Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1945. The drawing on page...- Contributor: Hanson, Glenn
- Date: 1948
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Image 9 of The frontier holiday; being a collection of writings by Minnesota pioneers who recorded ... Contents Christmas in Early Winona 1 The Holidays of 1805 with Pike 4 Minneapolis Christmas: 1866 6 Christmas at the Head of Lakes 10 An Indian Agent's Christmas 13 A Christmas Fair...- Contributor: Hanson, Glenn
- Date: 1948
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Image 10 of The frontier holiday; being a collection of writings by Minnesota pioneers who recorded ... The FRONTIER HOLIDAY- Contributor: Hanson, Glenn
- Date: 1948
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Image 11 of The frontier holiday; being a collection of writings by Minnesota pioneers who recorded ... 1 Christmas in Early Winona Desolate Wabasha Prairie” served to describe for early St. Paulites the handful of houses on the edge of the Mississippi that later grew into the substantial city...- Contributor: Hanson, Glenn
- Date: 1948
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Image 12 of The frontier holiday; being a collection of writings by Minnesota pioneers who recorded ... 2 time was not far distant when one sled would not carry all the female residents of this growing town. Stops were made at all the “shanties” then on the prairie and...- Contributor: Hanson, Glenn
- Date: 1948
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Image 13 of The frontier holiday; being a collection of writings by Minnesota pioneers who recorded ... 3 to these were several from Minnesota City, besides some St. Paul men who were hauling goods on the ice from La Crosse to St. Paul and who shortly before noon broke...- Contributor: Hanson, Glenn
- Date: 1948
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Image 14 of The frontier holiday; being a collection of writings by Minnesota pioneers who recorded ... 4 The Holidays of 1805 with Pike The holiday season of 1805 was observed with few frills by Lt. Zebulon Pike and his small force of men who were exploring the limitless...- Contributor: Hanson, Glenn
- Date: 1948
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Image 15 of The frontier holiday; being a collection of writings by Minnesota pioneers who recorded ... 5 I went on several miles farther than usual, in order to make discoveries... interpreter, party, or flag, they would certainly kill me. But, notwithstanding this admonition, I went on several miles...- Contributor: Hanson, Glenn
- Date: 1948
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Image 16 of The frontier holiday; being a collection of writings by Minnesota pioneers who recorded ... 6 Minneapolis Christmas: 1866 Blaisdell is a well known street in the Minneapolis of today, but in December of 1866 the name spelled Christmas fun to a homesick lad from New England....- Contributor: Hanson, Glenn
- Date: 1948
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Image 17 of The frontier holiday; being a collection of writings by Minnesota pioneers who recorded ... 7 He took us for a ride to the back of his farm, and this was at Lyndale avenue of today. all who cared to go, into his big farm sleigh, that...- Contributor: Hanson, Glenn
- Date: 1948
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Image 18 of The frontier holiday; being a collection of writings by Minnesota pioneers who recorded ... 8 Our ride was cold, the sun set early and soon we were back to a most hospitable home, permeated with good cheer as was Old Ward's home at Dingley Dell. Now...- Contributor: Hanson, Glenn
- Date: 1948
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Image 19 of The frontier holiday; being a collection of writings by Minnesota pioneers who recorded ... 9 in which there were sedate marchings about the big room and near-attempts at dancing. Tho we were so near the great conflict, and there had been so much sadness everywhere that...- Contributor: Hanson, Glenn
- Date: 1948
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Image 20 of The frontier holiday; being a collection of writings by Minnesota pioneers who recorded ... 10 Christmas at the Head of Lakes With the first settlement of Duluth, its hardy citizens were convinced their sprawling community was a City of Destiny. Financial panics, railroad failures and busted...- Contributor: Hanson, Glenn
- Date: 1948
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Image 21 of The frontier holiday; being a collection of writings by Minnesota pioneers who recorded ... 11 Christmas trees will undoubtedly, mysteriously spring up in many parlors in the city. Christmas is at hand. Unusual preparations are manifest everywhere. Among the public entertainments may be mentioned the following,...- Contributor: Hanson, Glenn
- Date: 1948
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Image 22 of The frontier holiday; being a collection of writings by Minnesota pioneers who recorded ... 12 Lecture Room. Children, parents and congregation are expected to participate, and make merry over the feast. Baptist Church. —W. W. Billson, Superintendent. A Christmas Tree on Tuesday evening at the Church,...- Contributor: Hanson, Glenn
- Date: 1948
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Image 23 of The frontier holiday; being a collection of writings by Minnesota pioneers who recorded ... 13 An Indian Agent's Christmas For two decades after 1819, the Indian agent at old Fort Snelling was Major Lawrence Taliaferro whose wisdom and honesty were an indelible influence on early Minnesota...- Contributor: Hanson, Glenn
- Date: 1948
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Image 24 of The frontier holiday; being a collection of writings by Minnesota pioneers who recorded ... 14 letter, sent me from his home in Bedford, Pennsylvania, when he was eighty-two years old, are before me, and as I look on the well-known features, I repeat from my heart...- Contributor: Hanson, Glenn
- Date: 1948
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Image 25 of The frontier holiday; being a collection of writings by Minnesota pioneers who recorded ... 15 A Christmas Fair of 1851 St. Paul was host in October, 1850, to Miss Fredrika Bremer, a Swedish writer who subsequently wrote a book entitled Homes of the New World in...- Contributor: Hanson, Glenn
- Date: 1948
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Image 26 of The frontier holiday; being a collection of writings by Minnesota pioneers who recorded ... 16 stock of articles, of the various descriptions usually got up for sale on such occasions, was disposed of at fair profit; and the tickets for supper were sold probably to some...- Contributor: Hanson, Glenn
- Date: 1948
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Image 27 of The frontier holiday; being a collection of writings by Minnesota pioneers who recorded ... 17 Christmas in a Sod House It must have been a thrill when that young people many snow-drifted miles beyond Litchfield opened their primitive half-ground house to Hugo Nisbeth, a visitor from...- Contributor: Hanson, Glenn
- Date: 1948
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Image 28 of The frontier holiday; being a collection of writings by Minnesota pioneers who recorded ... 18 changed. Winter had spread it white blanket over the fields, the trees had discarded their green dress and taken on their hoarfrost attire, sparkling in the sun. No more could the...- Contributor: Hanson, Glenn
- Date: 1948
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Image 29 of The frontier holiday; being a collection of writings by Minnesota pioneers who recorded ... 19 Much activity prevailed in St. Paul when I got there. The handsome stores were filled with newly arrived articles, which were tasteful and often rather costly, intended as gifts for the...- Contributor: Hanson, Glenn
- Date: 1948
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Image 30 of The frontier holiday; being a collection of writings by Minnesota pioneers who recorded ... 20 confections, and other decorations, and so far as the number and costliness of the present are concerned they often display a liberality that would amaze us Swedes. These Christmas presents are...- Contributor: Hanson, Glenn
- Date: 1948
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Image 31 of The frontier holiday; being a collection of writings by Minnesota pioneers who recorded ... 21 The way was not particularly difficult to traverse, for on the flat prairie the snow distributes itself comparatively evenly. But when, after twenty or thirty miles, I came out on the...- Contributor: Hanson, Glenn
- Date: 1948
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Image 32 of The frontier holiday; being a collection of writings by Minnesota pioneers who recorded ... 22 on hand; that which was not necessary for winter use had been sold, as usual, during an Indian summer. The sod hay barn, on the other hand, seemed to be well...- Contributor: Hanson, Glenn
- Date: 1948
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Image 33 of The frontier holiday; being a collection of writings by Minnesota pioneers who recorded ... 23 The head of the family read from the Bible and the Christ Child occupied the previous spring by the family of a German farmer who came from Illinois, where he had...- Contributor: Hanson, Glenn
- Date: 1948
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Image 34 of The frontier holiday; being a collection of writings by Minnesota pioneers who recorded ... 24 allotted him to live. And so came the afternoon with its small arrangements for the evening meal and the Christmas table, for this could not be omitted. There was no Christmas...- Contributor: Hanson, Glenn
- Date: 1948
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Image 35 of The frontier holiday; being a collection of writings by Minnesota pioneers who recorded ... 25 Christmas Tree in the Schoolhouse Here is the chronicle of a community christmas celebration of the early 1870's in a schoolhouse near Silver Lake in Martin County. Here is the essence...- Contributor: Hanson, Glenn
- Date: 1948
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Image 36 of The frontier holiday; being a collection of writings by Minnesota pioneers who recorded ... 26 Christmas. The weather was so bad—snowy and blustering—that no committees could get their heads together for consultation; but during that week after school hours, the fine floury snow of Minnesota was...- Contributor: Hanson, Glenn
- Date: 1948
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Image 37 of The frontier holiday; being a collection of writings by Minnesota pioneers who recorded ... 27 barrel of apples they were sure of one element of success—a crowd. A “barrel of apples” is an inducement beyond the power of the average Minnesotan to resist. So it was...- Contributor: Hanson, Glenn
- Date: 1948
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Image 38 of The frontier holiday; being a collection of writings by Minnesota pioneers who recorded ... 28 natured man written on it, and hung up to the stovepipe. Christmas evening was clear and beautiful. All day long the teacher and his aids were at the schoolhouse arranging the...- Contributor: Hanson, Glenn
- Date: 1948
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Image 39 of The frontier holiday; being a collection of writings by Minnesota pioneers who recorded ... 29 branches of the fragrant red cedar, and clusters of the pretty bittersweet berries in lieu of the sacred holly. We could not help but notice little Robbie W. His mama tried...- Contributor: Hanson, Glenn
- Date: 1948
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Image 40 of The frontier holiday; being a collection of writings by Minnesota pioneers who recorded ... 30 the name and gave them to the little messenger for the owners. The “twenty” soon had received their pairs of pink and blue stockings which Santa Clause had filled with candies,...- Contributor: Hanson, Glenn
- Date: 1948