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Category Archives: Farming
Drought Year 1934
What was the state of farming in Trempealeau County in the drought years of the thirties? I went to the Winona Republican-Herald to search out a few articles, especially for 1934. Here’s some of what I found. Year 1929 and after In … Continue reading
Posted in Farming, Uncategorized
Tagged Dought, Great Depression, Trempealeau County Wisconsin
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Our Ancestors’ Occupations
As I stopped at the magazines in Barnes & Noble recently, the feature article on the cover of a genealogy magazine gave me a quiet chuckle. The title was something like, “Discover Your Ancestors’ Occupations.” Really! I thought to myself: going back … Continue reading
In the Shorthorn Business
Clara’s description of her first cousin Theodore J. Thorson’s business has interested me and I have wanted to know more about it. Clara wrote that he “purchased cattle of the breed known as Shorthorns and built up a first class and profitable … Continue reading
The Fitch Coulee Farm in the 1950s
This farm photo of the Fitch Coulee farm comes to me from Albert who had shared it with Lesley. Albert thinks it comes from the fifties. The photo is a nice addition to this blog. I love the panoramic view, everything … Continue reading
Borresons in 1940 Census
The state of Wisconsin is now searchable on Ancestry.com for the 1940 U. S. Census, so I thought I’d share with you what’s reported about the Emil Borreson family on the farm in Fitch Coulee. Here’s the information, person by person, … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Emil Borreson, Farming, Gina Estensen, Uncategorized
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Harvest Time on the Farm
Our cousin Carol mailed me several good photos for posting on this blog, taken while her father Bennie was an active part of the home farm operation in Fitch Coulee. This first photo has Bennie on the tractor seat and … Continue reading
1938 and Electric Power
The year 1938 held an important technological advance for rural America, especially rural Wisconsin. In her Homestead family history, aunt Clara Cook describes it this way: “In 1938, the Wisconsin Power Cooperative had an easement on land to the area to … Continue reading
Traveling in 1878 Trempealeau County
What were the roads like at the time the Borresens and Estensens arrived in Trempealeau County? For Elias and Kari Borresen, that would be 1873 in Fitch Coulee near Pigeon Falls; for Bertinus Estensen, 1875, and for his future wife Maria Thorsen, 1876. In Merle … Continue reading
Posted in Bertinus Estensen, Elias Borreson, Farming, Maria Thorsen, Uncategorized
Tagged Fitch Coulee, Trempealeau County Wisconsin
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Borresons Visit Larkin Valley
This photo comes from a scrapbook of my mother’s, on a day when some of the Borresons visited my parents Garven and Cora in Larkin Valley near Blair. If I’ve figured this correctly, they rented the place for a few months beginning … Continue reading
Posted in Emil Borreson, Farming, Gina Estensen, Holidays, Uncategorized
Tagged Fitch Coulee, Larkin Valley
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