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A Roman Catholic Priest discusses: Education; Changes in Catholic Church; Rural Churches; Catholic Churches: image, role in America, problems

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Discusses her life on a farm in Yellow Medicine County. Also discusses role of Norwegian immigrants in the county ca. 1890s, as well as her role as housekeeper and mother.

Scope and Contents Mrs. Elias Hoversten was born in Norway in 1887 as Martha Elena Houen (Johnson). She attended grade school there and in 1902, at the age of 15, she immigrated to America with her uncle. She came to Iowa where she lived with her uncle's family and worked as a housekeeper. She met her future husband Elias Hoversten, married, and moved near Marshall, Minnesota. There they farmed and raised a family of fourteen children. They also raised two orphaned nephews. Mrs. Hoversten related her...

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Swedish settlers around Dawson and Canby in Yellow Medicine County. Changes in farming.

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Farming and childhood in Yellow Medicine County during the first half of 1900s

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Richard W. Nicholson has been a resident of Lynd, Minnesota since 1901 when his family moved to Lynd from Burt, Iowa. The Nicholson family ran a lumber and hardware business in Lynd from 1901-1962. Nicholson tells of the changes that have occurred in the businesses in Lynd. There is also information on the telephone company, the school system, the churches, and other general information on the history of Lynd .