Galesburg Centennial, 1882-1982, Footprints Across the Prairie: Galesburg, Traill County, North Dakota

Galesburg Centennial, 1882-1982, Footprints Across the Prairie: Book cover
Galesburg Centennial, 1882-1982, Footprints Across the Prairie

Book cover

Name/Title

Galesburg Centennial, 1882-1982, Footprints Across the Prairie: Galesburg, Traill County, North Dakota

Entry/Object ID

2024.606.1

Description

In June 1982, the City of Galesburg, ND, celebrated its Centennial (1882-1982). For this celebration, a 9" by 11", 448-page, dark-blue book titled: "Footprints Across the Prairie" (see book Title page, below). This book was written and compiled by the Galesburg Centennial History Book Committee, chaired by Ardis Halvorson, Orville Paulson, Viola Rygh, Helen Olstad, Gladys Bring, Emma Hamm and Otto Satrom. This book was dedicated "to those who stopped, liked what they saw, had visions of a permanent home, and stayed" (see book Dedication page, below). This 448-page book includes a number of chapters, for example, on Galesburg's Early Years, and Family Histories (see book Table of Contents page, below). A copy of this 448-page book is located on the "Traill County History" shelf in the Resource Room (3rd floor) of the Plummer House Museum in Hillsboro, ND.

Acquisition

Accession

2024.606

Source or Donor

LaVerne Skogen, TCHS (Traill County Historical Society)

Location

* Untyped Location

Resource Room

Building

Plummer House