Collection, 1954-1961.

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Collection, 1954-1961.

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Letter, and two interviews. First interview (3 leaves) with Leonard Sackett mentions Melville, N.D., a business partnership with his uncle, T.N. Putnam, Carrington & Casey farm lands, Peter Zink, an area pioneer, Melville baseball team, and its most famous player, Billy Sunday. Second interview (7 leaves) with Ralph Miller and James Edward (Ed) Galehouse mentions Charlie Wing (known as C.K.), his trading and poker playing, a brothel near Carrington, brief mention of Mrs. Galehouse and Mabel (Morgan) Miller. Also includes two separate stories told by Ralph Miller, one mentioning C.K. Wing borrowing money, the other is about L.B. Hanna, sheep, and Mr. and Mrs. Fernando F. Reimers, and his obituary.

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North Dakota State University Library

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Sunday, Billy, 1862-1935

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William Ashley Sunday, Sr., American evangelist, was born November 19, 1862 in Ames, Iowa. After holding various jobs while completing high school, he was recruited to join the Chicago White Stockings, a professional baseball team. He committed his life to Christ in 1886 or 1887, upon following a street gospel band back to their mission. He married Helen Amelia Thompson in 1888. He gave talks to young men in the cities his team visited and worked part-time for the Chicago YMCA. He coached the ba...

Reimers, Fernando F.

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Galehouse, James Edward, 1871-1962

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Carrington & Casey Land Company

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Freemasons. Grand Lodge of North Dakota

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Wing, Charlie

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Miller, Ralph L., 1884-1961.

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Peter Zink was born in Germany, son of Peter and Anna (Bohnet) Zink. Wed Theresa Lettner, a German immigrant, in 1884. She died in 1929. They are buried at Carrington, N.D. From the description of Peter Zink biography, 1960. (North Dakota State University Library). WorldCat record id: 30523042 Born at Rockwell, Iowa, son of Dr. E.C. and Mrs. Miller. Family moved to Brookings, S.D. in 1899. He graduated from S.D. State College in 1905, moved to Carrington, N.D. in 1906 to wor...

Hanna, Louis B. (Louis Benjamin), 1861-1948

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Born at New Brighton, Penn., settled at Page, N.D., North Dakota House of Representatives (1895-1896), North Dakota Senate (1897-1909), North Dakota governor (1913-1916), United States congressman (1910-1913), businessman, landowner, later resided in Fargo. From the description of Collection, 1914-1948, 1954. (North Dakota State University Library). WorldCat record id: 28910639 Governor of North Dakota, 1913-1916. Page, North Dakota. From the description of Louis...

Sackett, Leonard, 1901-1971

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Putnam, Thomas N., 1855-1931.

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Born at Seneca Falls, N.Y., son of William and Martha Putnam. Family moved to Xenia, Iowa, later to Rockwell, Iowa. Thomas began in the lumber trade in 1878, moved to Brainerd, Minn. in 1880 to manage J.J. Howe Lumber Co. Moved to Carrington, N.D. in 1886, purchased his own lumberyard and farmland. Began a business partnership with his nephew, Ralph L. Miller, in 1911. Wed Clara W. Rood (1861-1937) in 1886. Elected Foster County Treasurer 1892-1898, to N.D. House of Representatives 1910 and 1912...