Interviewer
Joe Bellefeuille
Description
Jesse Peddycoart discusses his life homesteading in Canada in 1915, logging in British Columbia, and working in Fargo-Moorhead from 1926 to the present, including work on the Fargo Forum building and the Black Building in downtown Fargo, and the Moorhead State Teachers College campus.
Biography
Jesse Peddycoart was born November 2, 1903, in Goodland, Indiana. His family moved to Wisconsin when he was 3, then moved to Canada to homestead in 1917. After working in railroads, logging, and sawmills, he moved to Moorhead in 1926.
Date of Interview
11-21-1973
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Length (Time)
01:02:26
Original Format
Audio tape
Current Format
Mp3
Named Persons
Theodore Roosevelt, Dan Thompson, Albert Hopeman
Professions
Railroads—Employees, Loggers, Sawmill workers, Plasterers, Food industry and trade—Employees
Organizations
Canadian Northern Railway Company, Rexall Drug Company, Forum Publishing Company (Fargo, N.D.), Meinecke and Johnson, Fairmont Foods Company, Red Owl Stores, Inc., Ted's Supervalu, International Dairy Queen, Inc., Lamb Coal Company, Sears, Roebuck and Company, Moorhead State Teachers College, Moorhead Theater, Moorhead Theatre (Moorhead, Minn.), Lyceum Theatre (Moorhead, Minn.), Lyceum Confectionary, Princess Theater (Fargo, N.D.), State Theater (Fargo, N.D.), Fargo Theatre Co. (Fargo, N.D.), Isis Theater (Fargo, N.D.), Opera House (Fargo, N.D.)
Places
Minnesota—Moorhead, Indiana—Goodland, Wisconsin, Canada, Ontario, Québec, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, British Columbia—Fraser-Fort George, Minnesota—Saint Paul, Saskatchewan—Mistatim, Saskatchewan—Prince Albert, Manitoba—Winnipeg, England, Scotland, Europe—Galicia, Turkey, Austria, Saskatchewan—Saskatoon, Vietnam, Missouri, British Columbia—Nakusp, Montana, North Dakota—Jamestown, Minnesota—Detroit Lakes, Minnesota—Hawley
Keywords
Frontier and pioneer life, World War (1914-1918), Lumber trade
ID Number
S254 261
Restrictions on Use
Permission to publish, quote, or reproduce these oral interviews must be obtained in writing from Minnesota State University Moorhead Archives.
Disciplines
Oral History | United States History
Recommended Citation
Peddycoart, Jesse, "Oral Interview of Jesse Peddycoart" (1973). Oral Interviews. 48.
https://red.mnstate.edu/oral_interviews/48