Title
Sigrud Bartness Interview, 1973
Files
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Document Type
Book
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Interviewer
George Shervey
Interviewee
Sigrud Bartness
Date Recorded
8-23-1973
Date Digital
7-6-2020
Location Recorded
Elbow Lake, Minnesota
County
Grant County
Keywords
Norwegian Americans; Emigration and immigration--United States; Emigration and immigration--Norway; Frontier and pioneer life--Minnesota--Grant County; Farm life--Minnesota--Grant County; Christianity--Minnesota--Grant County; Temperance--Minnesota--Grant County
Description
Sigrud Bartness' father was born in Norway and immigrated to the United States in 1871.
In this interview, Sigrud Bartness discusses his father's immigration and how he came to Alexandria. He discusses the Lien church, the blizzard of 1873, grasshopper plagues, working on the railroad, prairie fires, farming with oxen, the Friedem's Union Cemetary, and the Lower Elk Lake Temperance Society.
Run Time
00:23:23
Language
English
Original Format
Reel-to-Reel
Digital Identifier
GCBartness01
Repository
West Central Minnesota Historical Research Center (WCMHRC)
Local Identifier
319
Recommended Citation
Bartness, Sigrud, "Sigrud Bartness Interview, 1973" (1973). All Minnesota Oral Histories. 15.
https://digitalcommons.morris.umn.edu/mnoralhistories/15
Primo Type
Audio