Oral history interviews of the Dakota County Gopher Ordnance Munitions Plant Oral History Project, 1976.

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Oral history interviews of the Dakota County Gopher Ordnance Munitions Plant Oral History Project, 1976.

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Interviews with residents of Dakota County, Minnesota who were affected by the construction of the Gopher Ordnance Munitions Plant in Rosemount. The plant was built in 1942 on farmland that was condemned by the United States Government for war purposes. Many of the displaced farmers disagreed with the assessed value of their land and formed a coalition to bring suit against the federal government.

Sound recordings : 27 sound cassettes (60 min. each).Sound recording : 1 sound cassette (90 min.).Transcripts : 14 v. ; 28 cm.

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