Passage Through Dust -- Pioneer Eastern Dakota

About the Book

In a mission of preserving prairie Grasslands, I present Passage Through Dust--Pioneer Eastern Dakota, a historical chronicle showing changes of prairie life. Anecdotes concern German-American pioneer days on the Plains, with Victoriana noted.

My German Grandparents and Great Grandparents homesteaded in Waverly-Watertown area in 1880. Born and raised on the farm, I also interviewed Mother throughout her 92 years about ancestors, land, community and climate.

Anecdotes cover blizzards, hail storms, personality sketches, future of Plains, immigrant’s ocean crossings, behind scenes in country community, remnants of early days, bare survival, drouth crisis, hand digging wells, other stories.

About the Author

Vita 1982-Received a Liberal Studies BA (Comparative Religions, Social Work, Senior Health), Minor-Gerontology. San Diego State University, San Diego, CA. Concentration through 1999, Post Baccalaureate Work, mainly English. 1986-2002-Experience includes working on manuscript of Passage Through Dust--Pioneer Eastern Dakota--Mostly at San Diego State University. 1985-1998- Interviewing, writing, newsletter filing of senior life stories at Chula Vista Library and a convalescent hospital, San Diego, CA. 2000- Received a grant from South Dakota Council of Humanities to elicit and preserve pioneer stories from seniors at United Retirement Center, Brookings, South Dakota, Aug. 1, 2000.