December 23, 1975 - MPR’s Bill Siemering interviews Ole Olson, who shares happy Christmas memories from the Minnesota and Dakota prairies in the 1880s. Decorations were tumbleweeds, an apple was a gift, and you did not go out and play in the snow.
May 13, 1973 - Part two of the MER documentary series “A Sense of Place.” This program, titled Prairie People, River Folk, and Denizens of the Big Lake Region, focuses on how geography influenced the settlement of various regions in the state.