Bicentennial Story #6-Wrong Side Up
Title
Bicentennial Story #6-Wrong Side Up
Description
Farmer, John Christianson, gets advice from a Sioux Indian and New Salem becomes a leading dairy region.
Date
5/8/1975
12/26/1975
Contributor
Father Louis Pfaller
Jack Hjort
Jack Hjort
Rights
This recording cannot be copied or reproduced without the written permission of the Dickinson Museum Center. This recording may be freely used for education uses, so long as it is not altered in any way. No commercial reproduction or distribution of this recording file is permitted without written permission of the Dickinson Museum Center.
Format
mp3
Medium
audio reel, analog, 1/4 inch polyester tape
Language
English
Identifier
BS-006
Spatial Coverage
New Salem, ND
Rights Holder
Copyright Stark County Historical Society and Dickinson Museum Center
Transcription
In the summer of 1883 a young Danish immigrant, John Christiansen, was breaking, prairie sod near New Salem, when a Sioux Indian and his son approached. The father, turning a piece of the sod back into its natural position, remarked, "Wrong side up." His son explained that the father believed the soil should not be plowed. The farmer, heeding his advice, grazed cattle instead. New Salem was on the way to becoming a leading dairy region. Today a huge Holstein statue stands high on a hill overlooking Interstate 94 near New Salem.
This is Bicentennial Story No. 6 prepared by Father Louis Pfaller for the Stark County Historical Society.
Rolfsrud, Extraordinary N. Dakotans, 88
This is Bicentennial Story No. 6 prepared by Father Louis Pfaller for the Stark County Historical Society.
Rolfsrud, Extraordinary N. Dakotans, 88
Original Format
Sound recordings
Duration
1:06
Bit Rate/Frequency
128kbps
Decade
1970 1979
Physical Location
Bicentennial tape #1, Bicentennial stories 1-22
Geolocation
Collection
Citation
“Bicentennial Story #6-Wrong Side Up,” Southwestern North Dakota Digital Archive At the Dickinson Museum Center, accessed March 29, 2024, https://dmc.omeka.net/items/show/395.
Comments
William Almy
Is there a photograph,painting ,sketch,or drawing available of the meeting between the Sioux brave & son with John Christiansen where the "Wrong Side Up " term originated.
William Almy
as above