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.

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

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

Discussion of education, Redwood Falls, social history, and Civil War. Her occupation was school teacher.

Redwood Falls: Social History, Depression, Education orphaned at an early age - adopted by Isabella Smith.

Born January 27, 1894, near Aberdeen , South Dakota . Mrs Teig was the daughter of Nor.wegian immigrant parents. As a young girl her family moved from South Dakota to Belmont Township, Jackson County, ~innesota, near Lakefield. She tells about her childhood chores on the farm, the Norwegian Lutheran Church, and family life. She was a country school teacher and an active member of church groups.

Blankenburg was born May 20, 1892, and was adopted from the State Orphanage at Owatonna, Minnesota. He was active in baseball while in high school and played on the Lakefield town team. He was a veterinarian in Lakefield, in business with his father. Later he began farming west of Lakefield. He talks about farming, baseball and the veterinary business.