Title
Richard Leunenberg Interview, ca. 1977
Files
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Document Type
Book
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Interviewer
Lee Tempte
Interviewee
Richard Luenenberg
Date Recorded
1977
Date Digital
7-29-2020
County
Grant County
Keywords
Farm life--Minnesota--Grant County; Plowing; Agriculture--Minnesota--Grant County; Threshing; Threshing machines; Droughts--Minnesota; Depressions--1929; Fourth of July; Cable cars (Streetcars)
Description
Richard Luenenberg was born at Niagara Falls in 1894 and was 82 years old. He moved with his family to Grant County to live closer to relatives.
In this interview, Richard discusses living on a farm. He talks about some of his first experiences plowing. He talks about threshing and when he worked on a threshing crew. He discusses prices of agriculture crops during the Great Depression and the drought in the area. He talks about a Fourth of July celebration in 1909. He also worked for a few years in the city as a streetcar conductor before moving back to the farm.
Run Time
00:08:12
Language
English
Original Format
Reel-to-Reel
Digital Identifier
KMRSLuenenberg01
Repository
West Central Minnesota Historical Research Center (WCMHRC)
Local Identifier
1019
Recommended Citation
Leunenberg, Richard, "Richard Leunenberg Interview, ca. 1977" (1977). Reminiscing in West Central Minnesota (KMRS Feature). 84.
https://digitalcommons.morris.umn.edu/kmrs/84
Primo Type
Audio
Notes
The digitization and transcription of this oral history was made possible in part by the people of Minnesota through a grant funded by an appropriation to the Minnesota Historical Society from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. Any views, findings, opinions, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of the State of Minnesota, the Minnesota Historical Society, or the Minnesota Historic Resources Advisory Committee.