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North Dakota: Counties, Towns & People, Vol 1 (eastern)
by Joseph L. Gavett. Wealth of historical information. He's brought to life the early days of North Dakota. Many of the records are from first-hand accounts. This is the first of a 3-volume set, starting at the eastern border and covering Barnes, Cass, Cavalier, Dickey, Foster, Grand Forks, Griggs, LaMoure, Nelson, Pembina, Ramsey, Ransom, Richland, Sargent, Steele, Towner and Traill Counties. 2008, paper, 402 pp., index, illus. $ 19.95 ND-024 |
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Best of Covered Wagon Women
by Michael L. Tate, Kenneth L. Holmes. Diaries and letters of women who braved the overland trails between 1848 and 1864, giving a fresh perspective on the pioneer experience. 2008, paper, 304 pp., illustrations, map $ 19.95 ND-021 |
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Prairie Trails to Hi-Ways
compiled and edited by Beth Hughes Bauman and Dorothy J. Jackman. Over 1600 stories and 2300 pictures of Burleigh County, ND, families, from every township, including a land ownership map for each, as well as many wedding photos from early families. These stories tell the tale of the transformation of prairie trails to the nation's bi-centennial. 1978, hard cover, heavily illus., indexed $ 35.00 ND-022 |
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Border People: German-Bohemians in America
by Ken Meter and Robert Paulson. The immigrant stories of the German and Czech people who came to Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and the Dakotas. Liberally illustrated, maps from both the Old Country and new. 1993, paper, illus., bibliography $ 15.00 D-048 |
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Proceedings of the Red River Valley Old Settlers' Association
Facsimile reprint of their 1898 report, including biographical sketches of old settlers, incidents in the early days of along the river and stories about steamboats, the Dakota conflict of 1862 and Budge's Tavern. 2006, every name index, illus. $ 7.95 M-574 |
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"And Prairie Dogs Weren't Kosher" - Jewish Women in the Upper Midwest Since 1855
by Linda Mack Schloff. Linking the personal and the historical, oral accounts, diaries, letters and autobiographies are integrated with original research and interpretation to shed new light on the Jewish experience in the Upper Midwest. Four generations of Jewish women who settled in Minnesota, the Dakotas, Iowa and Wisconsin to show how they transported and transformed their cultural and religious life in a region inhabited by few Jews. 1996, illus., maps, paper $ 14.95 M-292 |
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Land in Her Own Name
by H. Elaine Lindgren. Stories of the women who homesteaded in North Dakota, taken from their oral histories, diaries and other sources. The appendix includes information about every woman that Lindgren included in her study! 1996, 1991, 320 pp. $ 19.95 ND-005 |
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Grass of the Earth
by Aagot Raaen. Engaging, richly detailed biography of a family of Norwegian immigrant homesteaders in eastern North Dakota in the late 1800s, a story of dogged courage and determination. 1994, 238 pp., paper $ 16.95 ND-008 |
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Pensioners on the Roll, Dakota Territory, 1883
provides an alphabetic list of those receiving military pensions before this area was divided for statehood. List includes name, county of residence, post office, date and amount of pension, cause, and pension number. ISBN 0-915709-26-0, paper $ 7.50 ND-010 |
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Century in Photos, Fargo/Moorhead
Produced by the local newspaper, this book contains photos of stores, blizzards, floods, famous people, local newsmakers, etc. 2000, paper $ 10.00 ND-012 |
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Atlas of North Dakota (193_)
Reprint of Hixson Atlas with county maps showing township/range numbers and the state as it was in the early 1930s. ISBN 0-932212-02-7, 2003, paper, coil bind $ 15.00 ND-013 |
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Fort Pierre Chouteau
by Harold H. Schuler. From fur-trade days to demolition in 1857, stories of early explorers, buffalo herds, etc. Illustrated. 161 pp., paper $ 12.95 SD-007 |
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Land of the Burnt Thigh
by Edith Eudora Kohl. Lively tale of two sisters homesteading on the prairie in 1907 near the Lower Brule Indian Reservation. An autobiography of a self-described "girl-homesteader" showing the impact these women had on their communities. 1986, 296 pp., paper $ 17.95 SD-012 |
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Atlas of South Dakota (193_)
Reprint of Hixson Atlas with county maps showing township/range numbers and the state as it was in the early 1930s. ISBN 0-932212-01-9, 2003, paper, coil bind $ 15.00 SD-015 |
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