Old Rail Fence Corners is an historical treasure trove containing the stories of the first significant waves of European-American settlers in the now state of Minnesota (United States of America). This book has direct accounts of mid-19th century lives and experiences on the frontier, recounted by the frontiersmen and women when many of them were in their mid-90s. A group of volunteer women -- the Book Committee -- sought to record these recollections before they were lost with the passing of these remarkable adventurers. Experience a wild, dangerous Minnesota full of mosquitoes, threatening wildlife, difficult roads, dirt floors, food scarcity, and Native American neighbors. Interactions with Native Americans are a major theme throughout the book; settlers relate their experiences in the 1862 U.S.-Dakota War, their outsider accounts of interactions between Minnesota's Native American tribes, and the settlers' impressions of the Native American inhabitants with whom they share the land, which range from outright fear to acceptance to friendship and respect. Listen to the amazing stories of the Minnesota settlers as they come back to life through the voices of our talented readers! These are the stories of Minnesota's adventurous, resourceful, and brave pioneers that you won't soon forget. - Summary by Jill Engle
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Explanatory; The Book Committee; The Reason Read by Jill Engle 7:24
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Mrs. Missouri Rose Pratt Read by Denise Nordell 11:37
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Mrs. Gideon Pond; Captain Stephen Hanks Read by Lynne T 11:20
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Mr. Caleb Dorr; Mrs. Mahlon Black Read by Phil Schempf 7:42
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Mr. James McMullen Read by Phil Schempf 11:51
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Mrs. James McMullen; Dr. Lysander P. Foster; Mrs. Silas Farnham Read by Phil Schempf 8:46
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General William G. Le Duc Read by Phil Schempf 13:54
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Mr. Reuben Robinson; Mrs. Samuel B. Dresser; Mrs. Rufus Farnham; Captain John Van der Horck Read by Phil Schempf 10:54
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Mrs. James Pratt Read by Lucretia B. 9:42
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Mrs. Mary Harrison Read by Denise Nordell 6:25
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Mr. William W. Ellison Read by Phil Schempf 8:13
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Mr. D. E. Dow; Mrs. Elizabeth Clifford; Mrs. Richard Chute Read by ReadAllDay 10:41
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Mr. Charles Bohanon; Mr. Austin W. Farnsworth Read by Phil Schempf 9:38
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Mr. Elijah Nutting; Mr. Charles Rye; Mr. James M. Gillespie; Miss Nancy Gillespie; Mr. Isaac Layman Read by Phil Schempf 9:29
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Mrs. Mary Weeks; Mrs. E. A. Merrill; Mrs. Martha Thorne Read by Lynne T 10:04
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Mrs. Nancy Lowell; Mrs. William Dow Read by Jill Engle 8:02
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Mrs. William J. White Read by Andrea Kotzer 9:02
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Mrs. Paulina Starkloff; Mrs. Anna E. Balser; Mrs. Mary E. Dowling; Mrs. Robert Anderson Read by Andrea Kotzer 11:51
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Mrs. Wilder; Mr. Warren Wakefield Read by Greg Giordano 9:26
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Mrs. Leroy Sampson; Mrs. Anna Simmons Apgar; Mrs. Newman Woods; Mr. Chester L. Hopkins Read by ReadAllDay 8:49
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Miss Florinda Hopkins; Mrs. J. W. Ladd; Mrs. C. H. Pettit; Mrs. Anna Hennes Huston; Mr. Henry Favel; Mrs. Rebecca Plummer; Mrs. C. A. Burdick; Mr. Peter Cooper Read by Greg Giordano 10:46
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Mr. Stephen Rochette; Mrs. Stephen Rochette; Mrs. James A. Winter; Mrs. George E. Fisher; Lieut. Governor Gilman; Mrs. Austin W. Farnsworth Read by Greg Giordano 10:25
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Mr. Theodore Curtis; Mrs. Charles M. Godley; Mr. Frank Slocum Read by Lynne T 11:32
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Mrs. T. B. Walker; Mrs. Virginia Jones; Mrs. Georgiana M. Way Read by Greg Giordano 8:29
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Mrs. Duncan Kennedy Read by Greg Giordano 7:46
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Major S. A. Buell Read by Greg Giordano 11:02
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Mrs. Jane Sutherland; Mrs. Mary Robinson Read by Andrea Kotzer 8:54
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Mrs. Margaret A. Snyder; Mrs. Helen Horton; Mrs. Mary Staring Smith Read by Andrea Kotzer 10:22
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Mrs. Mary Massolt; Mrs. Anna Todd; Mr. Edwin Clarke; Captain Isaac Moulton Read by Greg Giordano 11:05
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Mr. George A. Brackett; Mrs. C. A. Smith; Major C. B. Heffelfinger; Mrs. Martha Gilpatrick Read by Lynne T 10:51
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Mrs. Margaret Hern Read by Denise Nordell 15:27
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Mrs. Mary Ingenhutt; Captain L. L. McCormack; Mr. Charles M. Loring; Dr. Stewart Read by Lynne T 10:47
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Mrs. J. M. Paine; Miss Minnesota Neill; Mr. L. L. Lapham Read by Natalya 7:06
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Mrs. Margaret Rathbun Funk Read by ReadAllDay 7:08
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Mrs. Mary Pitcher Read by Kimberly Krause 6:13
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Mrs. J. R. Beatty; Mrs. A. M. Pfeffer Read by Careyanne04 10:29
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Mr. I. A. Pelton; Mr. John A. Jones Read by Phil Schempf 9:12
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Mrs. Clark Keysor; Judge Lorin Cray Read by Greg Giordano 7:45
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Captain Clark Keysor Read by Greg Giordano 7:33
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Miss Carrie Stratton; Mr. Irving A. Dunsmoor Read by Greg Giordano 9:58
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Mrs. Mary Pribble; Mrs. Edmund Kimball Read by Natalya 8:58
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Mr. Frank G. O'Brien; Mr. Michael Teeter Read by Paul Simonin 13:57
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Mrs. W. L. Niemann Read by Greg Giordano 8:21
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Ex-Governor Samuel R. Van Sant Read by Greg Giordano 6:20
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Mrs. Delilah Maxwell Read by ReadAllDay 9:30
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Mr. B. F. Shaver Read by Phil Schempf 10:52
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Colonel A. P. Connolly Read by Doug Sheppard 10:03
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Colonel Levi Longfellow Read by Greg Giordano 12:23
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Mrs. Helen Godfrey Berry Read by ReadAllDay 15:17
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Abner Crossman Godfrey; Major Benjamin Randall; Miss Sara Faribault Read by Greg Giordano 10:39
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Mary Sherrard Phillips Read by Greg Giordano 8:15
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Mr. H. L. Buck; Mrs. Harriet Gleason; Mrs. Bradey Read by Greg Giordano 7:17
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Mr. Oliver K. Jones Read by Marty 8:58
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Mrs. Arabella Merrit Read by Andrea Kotzer 13:10
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Mrs. Gideon Pond Read by TriciaG 18:36
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Mrs. E. R. Pond; Mrs. John Brown Read by Greg Giordano 8:48
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Marion L. Dibble; Mr. M. G. Cobb Read by Greg Giordano 4:33
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Mr. M. R. Van Schaick; Mrs. Conrad Magnus; Mrs. Orin Pike Read by Greg Giordano 6:08
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Judge Lorin Cray Read by Doug Sheppard 14:26
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Mrs. Mary E. Partridge Read by Greg Giordano 6:25
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Judge Loren W. Collins Read by SteveToner 16:55
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Mr. Elijah G. Nutting; Mr. J. Warren Richardson; Mrs. Henry C. Prescott Read by Jill Engle 11:12
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Judge Thomas S. Buckham; Mrs. Rodney A. Mott; Mrs. Kate Davis Batchelder; Mrs. John C. Turner Read by Jill Engle 10:38
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Mr. C. H. Watson; Mrs. Augusta Prehn Bierman; Mrs. Ann Alexander; Mr. J. W. Huckins; Mrs. C. W. Gress Read by Phil Schempf 9:46
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Mr. Alvin M. Olin; Mrs. Pauline Hagen; Mrs. Catherine Meade Read by Greg Giordano 7:12
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Mr. Glass; Mr. John W. Goulding; Mrs. Colbrath Read by Phil Schempf 8:48
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Mrs. Mary B. Aiton; Dr. A. C. Daniels; Mr. Z. S. Gault; Mr. J. C. Bryant; Mrs. Nancy Kiethey Bean; Mrs. Mary Davis Fenton Read by Phil Schempf 11:03
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Mrs. Frederick Penny; Mr. James Clark Read by Phil Schempf 9:46
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Mrs. Nettleton; Mrs. W. S. Woodbridge; Mrs. Martin Jay Clum; Mr. August Larpenteur Read by Phil Schempf 9:27
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