Walburg, Peter J., 1877-1961,
Biographical notes:
Son of Swiss immigrants who immigrated in 1872 to Moorhead, Minn. Family moved to a farm on the Maple River, left it in 1888 and moved to a farm near Leonard, N.D. Wed Laura Peterson in 1901, they moved to Chaffee, N.D. in 1906. He rented farmland from Amenia and Sharon Land Company, retiring in 1922. Became an auctioneer in 1919 and worked as a Cass County deputy from 1928-1953.
From the description of Interview, 1955. (North Dakota State University Library). WorldCat record id: 30330905
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Subjects:
- Alcoholism
- Bonanza farms
- Farm equipment
- Frontier and pioneer life
- Fuelwood
- Postal service
- Soils
- Swiss Americans
Occupations:
- Agricultural laborers
- Auctioneers
Places:
- Helendale Farm (N.D.) (as recorded)
- North Dakota--Richland County (as recorded)
- North Dakota (as recorded)
- Chaffee (N.D.) (as recorded)
- Embden (N.D.) (as recorded)
