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Riisberg, Mabel O.

 Person

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Pioneer women on the high desert

 Collection
Identifier: Mss2650
Abstract

Typescript photocopy first and second drafts of a fictionalized reminiscence of Mabel O. Riisberg's experiences as a homesteader in the Imperial Valley. Riisberg was a waitress from Portland, Oregon, who, along with her older sister, decided to homestead in the high desert country east of Bend, Oregon.

Dates: circa 1914-1920