Download or read book Christmas and New Year s on the Minnesota Frontier written by Bertha Lion Heilbron and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Christmas and New Year's on the Minnesota Frontier" relives pioneer holiday merrying throughout the state beginning in 1827 at Fort Snelling, where, a few years later, Indian Agent Lawrence Taliaferro complained about having to "undergo various salutations from many & old as well as young [Native American] women-a [disagreeable] custom derived from our Canadian population".
Download or read book The Frontier Holiday written by Glenn Hanson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-23 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Frontier Holiday: Being a Collection of Writings by Minnesota Pioneers Who Recorded Their Divers Ways of Observing Christmas, Thanksgiving and New Year's Close upon two thousand years ago the birth of a baby brought to the world a message of Hope and Peace, a message which is as bright and meaningful today as it was to those waiting shepherds on the hills. Perhaps a return to basic values, unfettered by the tinseled striving of business and society, is the best therapy for this confused and fearful world. With this thought in mind, we have turned backward to discover how the early builders of our own state observed the holidays of Christmas, Thanksgiving and New Year's. Here is a collection of true stories written by Minnesota pioneers, stories which include doughnuts fried in coon's grease, a New Year's hymn sung by Indians in a lonely mission, hospitality accorded strangers from New England and Sweden and St. Paul, the thought-provoking proclamation of Minnesota's first Thanksgiving and dozens of other details which make warm the fabric of pioneer holidays. This collection of pioneer stories is timely since 1949 is the territorial centennial of Minnesota when the entire state pausesto study the sturdy foundations of the state as built by our pioneering forefathers. The homely writings reprinted here reflect the spirit and faith which guided the founders of Minnesota. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Frontier Holiday written by Glenn Hanson and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 27 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Christmas on the American Frontier 1800 1900 written by John E. Baur and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christmas was the most widely and generally celebrated holiday on the American frontier. Indeed, this was the day of days for the first Westerners who, though they might be too busy to celebrate other holidays, always made something different of Christmas. Hoarded delicacies were brought forth, rare leisure time was spent preparing gifts, and somehow, no matter where they were, some way was found to make the day a memorable one. Prairie settlers displayed a rare genius in finding Christmas trees on the prairies, and their imaginations filled in for the fancy gifts and gaudy ornaments missing from their bare cabins. Soldiers at frontier posts threw aside grim martial duties for boyish good times. Includes numerous eyewitness descriptions by the participants themselves.
Download or read book Minnesota written by Theodore Christian Blegen and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 1975 with total page 774 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The acclaimed history is brought up to date through placement of the political, economic, social, and cultural developments since 1963 within the larger context of national and international events
Download or read book Minnesota History written by Theodore Christian Blegen and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 1960 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Minnesota History was first published in 1960. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions. Anyone interested in Minnesota history, whether as a teacher, as a student, or as a general reader, will find this an invaluable guide to reading and study. The book contains an outline of the state's history, questions and suggestions for the student, and lists of reading material for each of the 42 topical sections into which the outline is divided. The outline covers the entire history of the state from the time of the Indians, before the French and British explorations, to the present. The reading references include accounts written from the seventeenth through the twentieth centuries. The aim in preparing the reading lists was to include any article or book bearing upon the Minnesota story which met the qualifications of good historical writing and fair accessibility. Materials of particular interest or importance to the topic under consideration are so designated, and there are liberal annotations to help the reader in his choice of readings. References which are particularly appropriate for young readers are also specially designated. A number of maps are provided for additional guidance. This is a complete revision of a book long out of print, Minnesota History: A Study Outline by Theodore C. Blegen.
Download or read book Merry Christmas Celebrating America s Greatest Holiday written by Karal Ann Marling and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-06-30 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It wouldn't be Christmas without the "things." How they came to mean so much, and to play such a prominent role in America's central holiday, is the tale told in this delightful and edifying book. In a style characteristically engaging and erudite, Karal Ann Marling, one of our most trenchant observers of American culture, describes the outsize spectacle that Christmas has become.
Download or read book Western Folklore written by and published by . This book was released on 1950 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book By the Sweat of His Brow written by Carroll Engelhardt and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “If I had promised to be a priest and kept my word, today I would be . . . a feted-up, high-living hypocrite in the so-called vineyard of the Lord, and not a farmer . . . earning his bread by the sweat of his brow.” Defying his Catholic parents’ insistence that he join the clergy, twenty-year-old R. M. Probstfield emigrates from the Rhineland to Minnesota. After some continental rambling and the federal government forcing Native Americans from the Red River Valley, a decade toiling for the Hudson’s Bay Company persuades him that the Valley’s rich soil offers opportunity, and as one of the earliest settlers establishes Oakport Farm near the well-timbered Red River. Documented from a multi-generational journal and illustrated with vintage photographs, By the Sweat of His Brow sets the Probstfield family’s daily activities in the context of state and national agricultural, social, and political history and opens a window on rural life at the eastern edge of the Great Plains from the mid-nineteenth to mid-twentieth centuries. This meticulously researched, eminently readable book colorfully depicts a complicated patriarch, loving wife, and eleven children eking out a living. It will appeal to history buffs and scholars alike.
Download or read book The Genealogist s Virtual Library written by Thomas Jay Kemp and published by Wilmington, Del. : Scholarly Resources. This book was released on 2000 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The growing availability of full-text books and journals on the Internet has made vast amounts of valuable genealogical information available at the touch of a button. The Genealogist's Virtual Library is a new volume that directs readers to the sites on the web that contain the full text of books.
Download or read book A Life on the Middle West s Never Ending Frontier written by Willard L. Boyd and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2019-05-15 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: University of Iowa legend Willard L. “Sandy” Boyd is a proud middle westerner. His decades of service to the university began in 1954, when he arrived as a law professor. He later became president of the University of Iowa from 1969 to 1981, and led the school through times that were fraught not just for the university but for the country. During the intense polarization of the late sixties and early seventies, Sandy’s compassion and steady leadership ensured that dissent on campus would be honored and would not stop the university’s educational mission. He quickly became admired, not simply for his professional achievements but also for his personal integrity. His memoir, interspersed with personal wisdom gleaned over more than six decades of service and leadership, encapsulates Sandy’s shrewd yet optimistic view of the public university as an institution. At every stage in his life—in the U.S. Navy during World War II, while practicing law or teaching, and in leadership positions at Chicago’s Field Museum and the University of Iowa— Sandy relied on his principles of open disclosure, inclusiveness, and respect for differences to guide him on issues that matter. This chronicle of Sandy’s experiences throughout his life shows us the evolution both of the University of Iowa and of the nation writ large. More importantly, this book gives us a lens through which to examine our present situation, whether debating free speech on campus, the role of the arts and humanities in civil society, or the importance of funding for educational and cultural institutions.
Download or read book Selections from Minnesota History written by Rhoda R. Gilman and published by Minnesota Historical Society Press. This book was released on 1965 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Collection of twenty-eight articles which have appeared in Minnesota History, the quarterly magazine of the Minnestoa Historical Society, that depict the broad panorama of Minnesota's varied past as seen by twenty-eight authors. --From publisher description.
Download or read book Minnesota History Bulletin written by Theodore Christian Blegen and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 990 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. 2-6 include the 19th-23d Biennial reports of the Society, 1915/16-1923/24 (in v. 2-3 as supplements, in v. 4-6 as extra numbers).
Download or read book Catalog of Copyright Entries Third Series written by Library of Congress. Copyright Office and published by Copyright Office, Library of Congress. This book was released on 1949 with total page 1206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes Part 1A: Books and Part 1B: Pamphlets, Serials and Contributions to Periodicals
Download or read book Books and Pamphlets Including Serials and Contributions to Periodicals written by Library of Congress. Copyright Office and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 1142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Minnesota Its History and Its People written by Theodore Christian Blegen and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
