Collection, 1956-1959.

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Collection, 1956-1959.

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Typed summary of detailed interview (7 leaves) with John G. Plath and his daughter Gladys (Plath) Cavanaugh concerning his father John H. Plath, homesteading at Davenport, N.D. Mentions farm equipment, especially steam engines, buying and selling land, early Davenport, N.D. businesses, Leech Farm, Arthur Lewis, T.S. Lewis, J.B. Powers' Percheron stallions, Helendale Farm, bank at Leonard and its failure, and family clippings.

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Plath, John H., 1821-1912.

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Cavanaugh, Gladys

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Power, J. B. (James Buel), 1833-1912

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Born at Stockport, N.Y., son of William H. and Catharine A. (Buel) Power. Began working for New York and Erie Railway in 1849, later worked for St. Louis and Pacific Railroad, and Northern Pacific Railway. Wed Helen Amelia Buckhout of Newburgh, N.Y. in 1857. Moved to Waseca County, Minn. in 1857. Purchased 6,000 acres of land near Leonard, N.D. in 1874 and named it Helendale Farm. Appointed to North Dakota Agricultural College Board of Trustees in 1890, served as acting president of North Dakota...

Sackett, Leonard, 1901-1971

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Plath, John G., 1871-1959,

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Born at Dodge, Wis., son of John Henry and Helena Plath (1828-1901). Family moved to homestead near Davenport, N.D. in 1878. John H. built a shack in Casselton to provide living quarters for his children attending school. Farmed in Davenport, N.D. area. Wed Josephine Bucklin in 1894. Served five terms in N.D. Legislature, 1921-1929, 1931-1933. Retired to Fargo in 1941; Josephine died 1944. From the description of Collection, 1956-1959. (North Dakota State University Library). WorldCa...