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Comment on Antler, ND by woof

woof — Thu, 23 May 2013 03:13:17 +0000

Hi. My name is Richard Freeberg, my mother was Martha Manning the author of the “history” in the year book. Her father was Dan Manning who, along with his brothers Jack and Mike, were the first white men to settle the Antler Creek in 1880-1882. Dan and his brothers were Canadians of Irish Descent who left Portage la Prairie, Canada to seek their fortunes further west, and found what they were looking for along the Antler Creek, where they built a house. At one time they had the largest cattle operation in that area, and eventually applied for American citizenship, and subsequentl homesteaded seperate plots. The town came later, and the Mannings donated several tracks of land to help establish the town – park, cemetary, etc. My information is derived both from my mother, her relatives and the ND State Historical Journal, where the Mannings are mentioned in several articles. Sadly, it seems that the Mannings have been entirely forgotten in the current ‘history’ of Antler…

Comment on Ghosts of North Dakota: The Book by In Studio with Troy Larson of Ghosts of North Dakota |

In Studio with Troy Larson of Ghosts of North Dakota | — Thu, 23 May 2013 00:21:37 +0000

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Comment on Mapes, ND by Karla Nelson Rusco

Karla Nelson Rusco — Wed, 22 May 2013 07:04:04 +0000

My mother was one of the Haugen sisters.

Comment on Brantford, ND by mhess0928

mhess0928 — Wed, 22 May 2013 01:23:33 +0000

Randy,
Bob Ludwig was my neighbor in Brantford and I went to school with him in the 60″s. Bob was 3 years older than me. He’s a good guy and lives with his wife in New Rockford.

Comment on Juanita, ND by debbie_lou_n

debbie_lou_n — Tue, 21 May 2013 01:25:12 +0000

Sherman, it was fun to read that you remember your dad talking about the gun my dad found. Thanks!

Comment on Juanita, ND by debbie_lou_n

debbie_lou_n — Tue, 21 May 2013 01:23:45 +0000

I did not know that, Ellsworth. Thank you for the information!

Comment on Sydney, ND by Bergyone

Bergyone — Mon, 20 May 2013 01:50:44 +0000

I’m Bob Bergman, born in a rented farmhouse about a mile East of Sydney, October 1941. We moved to my maternal grandfather’s farm near Cayuga, ND in the fall of 1942. I stopped by Sydney in June of 1990 and located a small group of trees in the middle of a grain field that I supposed was the location of the farmstead. Three of our 5 children graduated from college, two went on for Master’s degrees and one to her Doctorate in Linguistics. We were scattered all over the world at one point, but now live in Wisconsin, Texas, New Mexico and Alabama.

Comment on Overly, ND by mark evanger

mark evanger — Sun, 19 May 2013 21:47:22 +0000

Mr Massey. There is a grave at Willow Creek Cemetery with the name of Edward Neilson Julius Rustad b July 27, 1847 d July 20, 1897 on it. The cemetery is located approximately 1 mile south of Overly along the east side the road. There is no record showing a Guy Delamarter at the Willow Creek cemetery. Not sure of the accuracy of the records, but they are available online. I don’t recall ever seeing the headstone/foot stone or its location but if its in the records, it must be there. Good luck finding it.

Comment on Danzig, ND by Kris Kemmet

Kris Kemmet — Sat, 18 May 2013 06:04:36 +0000

When I was little, my family would go to Danzig every summer to go through the buildings. We found papers from our family members. I wish I knew who had them. I was told that my great grandfather was the banker.(don’t know if this is true). My grandmother went to Danzig school but eventually settled in Wishek. Love seeing the pics. I heard that someone had bought the place and wouldn’t let anyone on.

Comment on Alkabo, ND by Dennis Seyfert

Dennis Seyfert — Fri, 17 May 2013 00:07:20 +0000

I remember playing in the depot in Fortuna. Also a blacksmith in Alkabo that fixed wheels for our buggy for the 50th Anniv.