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Memories of North Dakota by Laura Talley

Memories of North Dakota
by Laura Alice (Huebner) Talley
as told to Donna Barbour-Tally and James D. Talley
Self-published with lots of photos. 2011 Minneapolis, Minnesota

B
120 pages

The Talley family were neighbors to my Grandmother in Sydney. I would spend a week every summer in Sydney, so it was fun catching up with some of these names and learning the backstory of the Talley family. Thanks to Jim Talley for sending me a copy.

Foreword
These memories were collected from August through November 2011 through interviews with Laura by her son Jim and daughter-in-law Donna. She is 92 years old and most of these events occur many decades ago. We have tried to verify some dates, and have left the narrative as her memories.
Everyone who meets Laura describes her as a sweet and gentle lady. There’s evidence here, as there simply are no words of anger or rancor or complaint to be edited out. The strongest observation she ever makes is “I wasn’t very happy about that.” She chooses to remember good times.
Laura has lived through an era of tremendous change in rural life in America. We are delighted to help preserve a window on how things used to be and how those changes seem in one special lady’s life.

Laura: Jim and Donna asked me if I have any words of wisdom or advice to give.
But all I can think of is this: Do the best you can, and be kind to one another.

Chapter Titles

• Family
• Home
• Farming
• Country
• School
• High School
• Trip to Minnesota
• Work
• Courtship
• Marriage
• Motherhood
• Cows
• Friends and Family
• Modernization
• Road Trip Out West
• School and Social Life
• Modern Firming
• New House
• My Life on the Farm
• 1960s
• 1970s
• Grandchildren
• Retirement
• Favorite Things

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