Peder Borderud, Simon Hanson, Simon's nephew John Rustad, and Ole Svengaard
visited the Red River Valley from Mitchell County, Iowa to examine homestead
possibilities in 1870. They returned to Iowa and came back to the Red River Valley
with more . . . — — Map (db m278881) HM
The history of this rural, one-room schoolhouse began in 1874. That year, local citizens built the one-room Honey Creek School, originally painted white, located two miles east and three miles south of Glen Elder. The building served to educate . . . — — Map (db m212974) HM
Built in 1867 by Nils Severson on his land with help of neighbor's using limestone and mortar of lime & sand from Deer Creek. Severson's design was a typical fort with small openings for rifles and larger openings for gatling guns. The Spirit . . . — — Map (db m9547) HM
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Henry Jackson was one of the first Black homesteaders to settle in the Oviedo area. Jackson was born in 1883 in Mitchell County, Georgia, one of fourteen children. He moved to Florida in 1910. Using the Homestead Act of 1862, . . . — — Map (db m242640) HM
The Trangsruds were an early pioneering family in Cass County. Hans and Berte
Trangsrud immigrated from Oslo, Norway to America with their children: Amund,
Bernard, Axel, and Bertia in 1870. The family first settled in Mitchell County, Iowa and . . . — — Map (db m278880) HM
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* Inflectional forms of words are their plurals, singulars, and possessives as well as gramatical tenses and similar variations.
