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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Carl Martin Grimstad memoirs, 1927]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[<a href="/catalog/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=49&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Grimstad%2C+Carl+Martin">Grimstad, Carl Martin</a>]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[A condensation (edited by Henry H. Bakken, his son-in-law) was published in Norwegian-American Studies and Records, v. 13 (1943) pages 1-45. His grandson Carl F. Arneson made a complete transcription of the hand-written memoirs in 1994, 99 p. typescript. The memoirs of his "nearly ten years of life in Dakota Territory" were written at Mt. Horeb, Wis. In 1927<br /><br /><span>Topics addressed: Preparation for starting a farm (p.2-3); Saying goodbyes (p.3); Binding grain (p.4); River ferry (p.5); Irish immigrants (p.5-6); Alcoholism (p.6); Dakota Wars (p.6-7); Working animals (p.7-8); Blizzard (p.7-8, p.15-16, p.22-23); Railroad land grants (p.9); Oxen (p.10); Burial grounds (p.11); Sod houses (p.12); Red River Valley (p.12); Land claim filing (p.12-13); Pioneer schools (p.13); School certification (p.14); School teacher (p.15); Court system of Dakota Territory (p.16); Daily life in winter (p.16-17); School house design (p.17); Theological disputes (p.18); Gender relations (p.18-19); Bedbugs (p.19); Snow caves (p.20); Treating illness (p.21); Wood stove (p.23); Oxen in winter (p.24); Frostbite (p.25-26); Postal mail service (p.26); and Road trip (p.27).</span>]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[<a href="/catalog/items/browse?advanced%5B0%5D%5Belement_id%5D=39&advanced%5B0%5D%5Btype%5D=is+exactly&advanced%5B0%5D%5Bterms%5D=Grimstad%2C+Carl">Grimstad, Carl</a>]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1927]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:extent><![CDATA[1 folder]]></dcterms:extent>
    <dcterms:type><![CDATA[Manuscripts]]></dcterms:type>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[P1552]]></dcterms:identifier>
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