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Karen Erikson Bakke history, 1950-1979
- Title
- Karen Erikson Bakke history, 1950-1979
- Identifier
- P1203
- Date
- 1950-1979
- Creator
- Bakke, Karen Erikson
- Description
- "Besta: A Story of North Dakota Pioneering," by Cyrene Bakke Dear, 2 copies. Topics covered: child's toy kettle (p1), Civil War and fighting against slavery (p2), bootmaker (p2), growing hops (p2), barn dances (p2), wagon train (p3-4), making of klub (p6), "mother as a midwife" (p6-7), grasshopper plague (p7), life at Fort Lincoln, near Bismarck, N.D. (p8), General Custer (p9), capture of Rain-in-the-Face (p11), Sitting Bull (p11), Goose River Settlement (p14), pregnancy (p15), death of infant to TB (p15), Rev. Bjug Harstad (p15), build hotel in Mayville, N.D. (p16), railroad magnate James Hill (p16), church practices (p19), threshing (p21), ailing husband and cure at Hot Springs, Arkansas (p22), Christmas 1892 (p24), Julebukk (p24), becoming an auctioneer (p26), alcoholism (p26), postpartum depression and near suicide/infanticide (p28), Rev. Rorvik (p30), raising peacocks (p33), awful storm with hail (p33), living in Hillsboro (p34), theaer in the barn (p36), circus comning to town (p36), first telephone (p37), mourning Pres. McKinley (p37), typhoid treatment--starving patient/liquid diet. Taboo of bananas (p37), killed by a train (p37), water tower collapse (p38), speaking English with a Norwegian accent (p41), first automobile (p47)
Topics covered: Civil War and fighting against slavery (p2), bootmaker (p2), growing hops (p2), barn dances (p2), making of klub, (p6) grasshopper plague (p7), life at Fort Lincoln, near Bismarck, N.D. (p8), General Custer (p9), capture of Rain-in-the-Face (p11), Sitting Bull (p11), Goose River Settlement (p14), pregnancy (p15), death of infant to TB (p15), Rev. Bjug Harstad (p15), build hotel in Mayville, N.D. (p16), railroad magnate James Hill (p16), church practices (p19), threshing (p21), Christmas 1892 (p24), Julebukk (p24), becoming an auctioneer (p26), alcoholism (p26), postpartum depression and near suicide/infanticide (p28), Rev. Rorvik (p30), raising peacocks (p33), living in Hillsboro (p34), theater in the barn (p36), circus coming to town (p36), first telephone (p37), mourning Pres. McKinley (p37), typhoid treatment--starving patient/liquid diet. Taboo of bananas (p37), killed by a train (p37), water tower collapse (p38), speaking English with a Norwegian accent (p41), first automobile (p47) - Extent
- 1 folder
- Language
- English
- Type
- Manuscripts
- Access Rights
- This collection is open to research.
Citation
Bakke, Karen Erikson, “Karen Erikson Bakke history, 1950-1979,” Norwegian-American Historical Association, accessed September 19, 2024, https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/catalog/items/show/11906.