What is the setting of The Cape Ann by Faith Sullivan?

The novel is set in small-town Harvester, Minnesota during the Depression of the 1930s and 1940s. The Erhardt home is a room in the train depot where Papa works. The choice to live here is one made of free will, as part of a plan to save money for the building of a new home. The choice has nothing to do with the economic climate of the time.