Old Rail Fence Corners by Lucy Leavenworth Wilder Morris

Old Rail Fence Corners is an historical treasure trove containing the stories of the first significant waves of European-American settlers in the now state of Minnesota (United States of America). This book has direct accounts of mid-19th century lives and experiences on the frontier, recounted by the frontiersmen and women when many of them were in their mid-90s. A group of volunteer women -- the Book Committee -- sought to record these recollections before they were lost with the passing of these remarkable adventurers. Experience a wild, dangerous Minnesota full of mosquitoes, threatening wildlife, difficult roads, dirt floors, food scarcity, and Native American neighbors. Interactions with Native Americans are a major theme throughout the book; settlers relate their experiences in the 1862 U.S.-Dakota War, their outsider accounts of interactions between Minnesota's Native American tribes, and the settlers' impressions of the Native American inhabitants with whom they share the land...

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Sunday Dec 03, 2023

Old Rail Fence Corners by Lucy Leavenworth Wilder Morris

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Mr. George A. Brackett; Mrs. C. A. Smith; Major C. B. Heffelfinger; Mrs. Martha Gilpatrick

Mrs. Margaret Hern

Mrs. Mary Ingenhutt; Captain L. L. McCormack; Mr. Charles M. Loring; Dr. Stewart

Mrs. J. M. Paine; Miss Minnesota Neill; Mr. L. L. Lapham

Mrs. Margaret Rathbun Funk

Mrs. Mary Pitcher

Mrs. J. R. Beatty; Mrs. A. M. Pfeffer

Mr. I. A. Pelton; Mr. John A. Jones

Mrs. Clark Keysor; Judge Lorin Cray

Captain Clark Keysor