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Sod house on Andrea Springan's claim by Williston, North Dakota
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| Title | Sod house on Andrea Springan's claim by Williston, North Dakota |
| Date of Original | 190-? |
| Description | Four men and a woman in front of a sod house with a door and a stovepipe showing. From left to right: Andrea Springan, Henry Springan of Stanley, N.D., Tom Springan, Abraham Bjornstad of Hoople, N.D., and Jacob Rollefstad of Hoople, N.D. |
| Ordering Information | Consult: http://library.ndsu.edu/ndsuarchives/duplication-services |
| General Subject | Pioneer Era
People
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Sod buildings
Women
Men
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| Subject (LCSH) | Sod houses
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| Subject (Local) | Women homesteaders
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| Personal Name | Springan, Andrea, 1875-1949
Springan, Henry, 1876-1968
Springan, Thor, 1878-1956
Rollefstad, Jacob
Bjornstad, Abraham
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| Location | Williston (N.D.)
Williams County (N.D.)
North Dakota
United States
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| Decade | 1900-1909
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| Item Number | 2028.85 |
| Format of Original | Color images
Gelatin silver prints
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| Dimensions of Original | 20 x 25 cm. |
| Transcription | "Sod house at Williston, North Dakota. No. 1 Mrs. Ole Wadle, No. 2 Mr. Henry Springan, No. 3 Mr. Tom Springan, No. 4 Mr. Abraham Bjornstad No. 5 Mr. Jacob Rollefstad" - on lable attached to front of hand-colored print. |
| Notes | Title taken from back of hand-colored print.
Hand colored by Hultstrand Studio staff. |
| Biography/History | Andrea Springan was born in 1875 near Houston, Minnesota to Norwegian immigrants, Andrew (Aanon) and Anne (Gundersdatter) Springan. In 1880 the family moved to near Hoople, N.D. Andrea and her brother Thor (Tom) both homesteaded near Williston, N.D. Tom later moved back to Hoople, N.D. Andrea married Olav G. Wadle in 1896. He was born in Norway in 1868. They farmed near Hoople, N.D. and raised six children. Olav died in 1940 and Andrea in 1949. |
| Bibliographic Reference | Olav G. Wadle. Walsh Heritage: A Story of Walsh County and Its Pioneers. [Grafton, N.D.] : Walsh County Historical Society, 1976. |
| External Resource | Images featured on "Northern Great Plains, 1880-1920" part of American Memory, Library of Congress: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/ndfahtml/ngphome.html |
| Repository Institution | North Dakota State University Libraries, Institute for Regional Studies
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| Repository Collection | Fred Hultstrand History in Pictures Collection 2028
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| Credit Line | Fred Hultstrand History In Pictures Collection, NDIRS-NDSU, Fargo (2028.85) |
| Language | eng
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| Digital ID | rs005124 |
| Original Source | Negative |
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