Old Rail Fence Corners: The A.B.C.'s of Minnesota History : Authentic IncidentsThis is an anthology of anecdotes about the Minnesota frontier, dating primarily from the 1840s and 1850s. The material seems to have been collected directly from original settlers who were still alive in the early twentieth century. There are abundant descriptions of early logging operations, agriculture, building practices, plagues, infestations, flora and fauna, and floods. Accounts of local culture range from descriptions of Indian-white relations to boarding-house life, foodways, dances and other festivities. Several settlers were attracted to Minnesota for the celebrated health of its climate; others recall its life-threatening cold. |
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| Title | Old Rail Fence Corners: The A.B.C.'s of Minnesota History : Authentic Incidents |
| Author | Daughters of the American Revolution. Minnesota Society. Old Trails and Historic Spots Committee |
| Editor | Lucy Leavenworth Wilder Morris |
| Contributor | Daughters of the American Revolution. Minnesota Society. Book Committee |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | F.H. McCulloch Print. Company, 1914 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | Dec 8, 2008 |
| Length | 316 pages |
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