Sod house days in the Red River Valley, [196-].

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Sod house days in the Red River Valley, [196-].

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Typed reminiscence (19 leaves) on his pioneer Norwegian immigrant parents, Andrew and Christine Overby, who settled in Wilkin County, Minn. in 1890. Includes mention of digging water wells, plowing with oxen, description of a sod house, David McCauley and McCauleyville, Minn., road construction, peddlers, threshing, butchering, stage coaches, passenger and freight traffic on the Red River, expansion of the railroad, blizzards and weather during the 1896-1897 winter, and the naming of Wilkin County. Also includes a clipping on the family. The reminiscence includes a copy print of Andrew Overby's sod house and at a logging camp at Rice Lake, Wisc.

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McCauley, David, 1825-1900.

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Born at Merrimac, N.H., son of Daniel G. and Mary Noyes McCauley. Apprenticed as a machinist 1838-1841, moved to Saint Paul, Minn. in 1858. Arrived at Fort Abercrombie in 1861, worked as postmaster, post sutler, and agent for Northwest Express Company. In 1864, moved to Wilkin County, Minn., began farming and opened a trading post at the site of McCauleyville. Married Anna Trott, later married Carrie Whitman in 1879. Served as county school superintendent, postmaster, town clerk, and justice of ...

Overby, Arthur, 1902-

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Wolverton, Minn. farmer. From the description of Sod house days in the Red River Valley, [196-]. (North Dakota State University Library). WorldCat record id: 29812289 ...

Overby family.

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Overby, Andrew, 1862-1938.

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Overby, Christine, 1860-1962.

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