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Ramier, Kathy

 Person

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Lincoln County centennial : early Irish settlements. Interview, 1973.

 Collection — Box 1 S191-S198-S199-S201-S202
Identifier: 201-1C2-S201
Scope and Contents

Early Irish settlements in the Lake Benton area: 1874 Indian scare; First Church services; First school in the area; Tree Claims; Lake Benton steamboat; First automobiles; Curing meat; Grasshopper plagues; Hunting, fishing and recreation; Interview with members

Dates: March 30, 1973

Mr. and Mrs. Axel Mattson. Interview, 1974.

 Collection — Box 1 S213-S214-S215-S216-S220-S221-S222-S223
Identifier: 476-1D2-S221
Scope and Contents Experiences on the North Dakota and Minnesota prairies; work experiences in Minneapolis; involvement with farmer cooperatives; farmer resistance around Montevideo during the Depression; March on the state capitol in 1933; discussion of Floyd Olson, John Bosch, Harry Haugland, Franklin D. Roosevelt. Axel Mattson was born March 29, 1886, in Cokato, Wright County, where he lived for twenty years. After teaching country school for two years in North Dakota, he moved to Minneapolis and held...
Dates: January 23, 1974