Helen Burfiend Interview, 1973

Helen Margaret Allanson Burfiend was born on July 4, 1901 in the town of Wheaton, Minnesota to George and Bertha Allanson. Her great grandfather, Major Joseph Brown, was the founder of Browns Valley and Henderson, Minnesota. In this interview, Helen Burfiend discusses her great grandfather Major Joseph Brown at Lake Traverse, Native American relations, her family history, the Wheaton-Browns Valley fight for the county seat, Fort Sisseton, and her father George Allanson.https://digitalcommons.morris.umn.edu/mnoralhistories/1056/thumbnail.jp