| Summary: | MR. & MRS. FRANK DAHLBERG Frank Dahlberg came as an emigrant from Northern Sweden to Kulm, N.D., in 1910 at the age of 17. He had heard stories of the wonderful opportunities available to young people in the U.S. Unknown to his parents he wrote to an uncle, who was living in Britisch Columbia, requesting financial aid to secure passage to the U.S. A reply from his uncle with a ticket to Kulm, N.D. was not long coming. When the letter arrived he took it to his father and asked permission to leave. His father gave his consent and Frank began making plans to leave, much against his mother's wishes, who felt he was too young to set off alone. When he reached his destination he stayed at the home of an aunt and uncle for a time, and then secured work as a farm laborer, first to repay his uncle, then to fulfill his own plans. An older brother Seth had come to Amundsville township about 1915, and he wrote Frank telling him of the segments of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation that were being opened for homesteading. By the time Frank reached here, these segments were already filled, but he heard of a relinquishment to be bought in what is now Deepwater twp. from someone who had lost interest in proving the claim. So he met this fellow in Minot and made the deal, caught a ride to Makoti, and walked 20 miles to his brother's home. The next morning he started afoot to locate his land . . . another 12 miles to locate the markets of his claim, plenty difficult even with the aid of a map. He built his claim shack, and for this a team of horses and a wagon were hired to haul the lumber from Makoti. By the time the project was finished, very little money remained, so meals that first year were rather meager, but the neighbors were friendly and in return for the many meals he shared with them, he helped with many other jobs that needed to be done around their homes. During the winter months after the claims were proved up, those who could find work in the lumber camps or in construction of roads to earn extra money. Before long Frank was able to buy a Fordson Tractor, the first in the community, with the exception of steam operated machines used mainly for threshing. It ook Frank five years after he was introduced by a friend, to a school teacher, Alphild Jensen, who was teaching the lower grades at the Wright Consolidated School, to pop the question! They were married in 1929. Frank's house had been destroyed by fire, but he rented a farm near by and the young couple lived here until 1932 when they purchased their own farm. Frank was active in the work of the Bethesda Lutheran Church of Raub. He was one of the trustees of the church for many 179 Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited with Multi-Page TIFF Editor.
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