Title
Zola Stohldorf Interview, ca. 1977
Files
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Document Type
Book
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Interviewee
Zola Stohldorf
Date Recorded
1977
Date Digital
7-29-2020
County
Stevens County
Keywords
Farm life--Kansas; Wagon trains; Frontier and pioneer life; Farm life--Minnesota; Hailstorms--Minnesota; Blizzards--Minnesota; Radio; Morris (Minn.)
Description
Zola Stohldorf was born in Haddam, Kansas in 1893.She moved to Minnesota in March 1914 when she became engaged.
In this interview, Zola discusses farm life in Kansas. She discusses travelling by covered wagon as a child to Nebraska. She talks about farming in Minnesota as a newly-married couple. She discusses a bad hailstorm that destroyed their crop and the blizzards in the area. She mentions the first radio their family had and all the moving around that her family did. She talks about Morris when she first moved to the area.
Run Time
00:09:37
Language
English
Original Format
Reel-to-Reel
Digital Identifier
KMRSStohldorf01
Repository
West Central Minnesota Historical Research Center (WCMHRC)
Local Identifier
1019
Recommended Citation
Stohldorf, Zola, "Zola Stohldorf Interview, ca. 1977" (1977). Reminiscing in West Central Minnesota (KMRS Feature). 87.
https://digitalcommons.morris.umn.edu/kmrs/87
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.