Collection, 1955-1956, 1969.

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Collection, 1955-1956, 1969.

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Typed summary of interview (4 leaves) with Leonard Sackett which concerns the Chaffee family, and F.H. and George N. Smith, brothers who homesteaded north of Amenia, N.D. Includes mention of work at Amenia and Sharon Land Co., rules for hired men including church attendance, the Smith brothers' farm partnership, their terms in the N.D. and S.D. legislatures (F.H. elected to S.D. legislature, George N. to N.D. House, F. Paul to N.D. House), losing the S.D. farmland in the 1920s, business interest in the Common Sense Gas Tractor Co., Minneapolis, Minn., death of Della and F. Paul's son William in a plane crash at Hector Airfield, Fargo, and F. Paul's death in 1941. Also includes clippings.

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North Dakota State University Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7281449

North Dakota State University Library

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Common Sense Gas Tractor Company (Minneapolis, Minn.)

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Amenia and Sharon Land Company

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Smith, Della, 1889-1969,

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Born Della Melbourn in S.D. Wed F. Paul (Forester Paul) Smith, son of F.H. (Forester Hooker) Smith in 1916. They settled at Amenia, N.D. to farm. She left after his death in 1941 to work as a housemother at Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, and Kansas State College, Manhattan, Kan. Buried at Riverside Cemetery, Fargo. From the description of Collection, 1955-1956, 1969. (North Dakota State University Library). WorldCat record id: 29988092 ...

South Dakota. Legislature

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Chaffee family.

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Smith, F. Paul (Forester Paul), 1888-1941.

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Sackett, Leonard, 1901-1971

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Smith, George, active 1841-1849

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North Dakota. Legislative Assembly. House of Representatives

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Smith, F. H. (Forester Hooker), 1852-1924.

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