Collection, 1954, 1958.

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Collection, 1954, 1958.

Typed summary of interview (6 leaves) with Marguerite Ferguson, concerning her parents, Philip and Mary Weisbecker, who moved from New York to Moorhead, Minn., then to Grandin, N.D. where they bought a hotel. Includes mention of the first business establishments in Grandin, additions to the hotel, cooking for threshing crews, boarding farm workers during the winter, Lynn Ferguson, Marguerite's son and farm manager for John S. Dalrymple. Also includes clippings.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7286531

North Dakota State University Library

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Ferguson, Marguerite, 1873-1958,

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Born at Ilion, N.Y., daughter of Philip and Mary Weisbecker. The family moved to a farm near Moorhead, Minn. about 1876, then moved to Grandin, N.D. where they bought a hotel. She worked in the hotel until her marriage to Otto L. Ferguson in 1902. He died in 1950. From the description of Collection, 1954, 1958. (North Dakota State University Library). WorldCat record id: 30433663 ...

Weisbecker, Philip, d. 1895.

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Sackett, Leonard, 1901-1971

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