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

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

Original Format

Sound recordings

Duration

1:06

Bit Rate/Frequency

128kbps

Decade

1970 1979

Physical Location

Bicentennial tape #1, Bicentennial stories 1-22

Geolocation

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

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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.