Collection, 1957-1958.

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Collection, 1957-1958.

Typed summary of detailed interview (12 leaves) with Leonard Sackett concerning his father, August, who was a laborer on the Watson farm and the August F. Luther farm in Cass County, N.D. Includes mention of the L.F. Watson farm, its buildings, and various hired men, dispersal sale of the Watson farm, August Trapp's last wages, his purchase of farmland near Enderlin, N.D., threshing equipment, Emil's job as stableboy and assistant to the laundress at Amenia and Sharon Land Company, comments on the food and sleeping arrangements at Amenia and Sharon. Also includes obituaries.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7283723

North Dakota State University Library

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Watson, Lewis F. (Lewis Findlay), 1819-1890

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Trapp, Emil G., 1876-1958

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Sackett, Leonard, 1901-1971

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Trapp, Emil G., 1876-1958, interviewee.

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Born in Stolp, Pomerania, Germany. Immigrated with his family to N.D. Wed Augusta Janz in 1901, hired as an agricultural laborer on the Amenia and Sharon Land Company farm, Cass County, N.D. Farmed his own land in Cass County. Died in Fargo, N.D. From the description of Collection, 1957-1958. (North Dakota State University Library). WorldCat record id: 30151920 ...

Luther, August F., 1872-1964.

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Amenia and Sharon Land Company

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