| Summary: | Oley S. Roningen was born in Lunde Telemarken, Norway, in 1867. He came from Norway to Hatton, N. Dak. He was married in Hatton to Anne Hildal in 1893. His wife also came from Norway. He worked a few years on the F. Enger farm at Hatton, N. Dak. and also started farming there before coming to Nielsville, Minn., in Polk Co. in 1895. Their children are: Sam, Alfred, Andrew, Oley, and Mary. He settled on the N.W. 74-Sec 24- Hubbard Twnshp. Farming was his lifes occupation. They were members of the St. Petri Luth. Church, Nielsville, Minn. Mr. Roningen died July 5, 1926, and Mrs. died Jan. 10, 1942. They are buried in the St. Petri Cemetery. Hans T. Olauson was born in Drammen, Norway, Sept. 20, 1857. He came by train to Ada, Minn, from New Y^rk and arrived '-1 ^nlk Co., May, 1882, where he settled on N.W. quarter in sec. 21, twnshp. of Hubbard. Mr. Olauson's wife's name was Bertha Skifton, and she came from Chester, Iowa, July 12, 1893. They were married July 12, 1893. Children born to them were: Gusta, Josephine, Oscar, and Henry. They were members of the St. Petri Luth. Church. Hans died July 15, 1940, and is buried in the St. Petri Cemetery. Franz Hanson was born Oct. 12, 1856 in Fillmore County, Minnesota, to Norwegian parents. His wife, Re- gine Bernhartson, was born June 24, 1861 in Telemarken, Norway and emigrated to the United States in 1868. Mr. Hanson arrived in Polk County in the year 1878 and settled on the N E 74 See 8-147-48. During his active years he served as town clerk and school treasurer. Children born to Mr. and Mrs. Hanson were: Aasse, Tilla Caroline, Henry, Hanna, Fred, Elmer, Betsy and Carl. The Hansons were members of the St. Petri Lutheran Church at Neilsville. Minnesota. Mrs. Hanson died July 3, 1944, and Mr. Hanson passed away May 12 1945. y r , ■'UOJ'.J ■'-, LK'/l J"J'£_T|i WOfie?,Hj Ojp T1J2 •{■"■J M'f.'A'. '/a i.i.i:;/ •r;n; i; ,1 HUBBARD TOWNSHIP The first settlers came to what is now known as Hubbard Township in 1871, and settled in the northwest corner of the township. Another group of settlers arrived in this same general area prior to 1879 and claimed land a little farther south than those arriving in 1871. It is interesting to note that they founded their homes near to the Red River, perhaps of a source of fuel and nearness to water for home and livestock. Early records show that Hubbard Township in the early days was part of Vineland Township. These records show that the earliest roads were laid out by the Supervisors of Vineland Township. It is generally believed that Hubbard became an independent township about 1885. It is in this year that available records show signatures which are definitely known to be residents of Hubbard Township. POLK CITY Although the advent of railroads stimulated the townsite business, it flourished to a considerable extent before the railroads. Many towns were started on the Red River to thrive for a time as river ports. One of these was the forgotten city on the Minnesota side, to which we have referred. It was called Polk City after the county of that name in which it was located. Polk County being much larger then. It is not known who platted the Polk townsite but the promoters apparently were energetic, for they soon had business places on the site and even a flour mill and a portable saw mill. There was a steamboat landing, of course, and for a time Polk City rivaled Caledonia, which was iust a few miles south of it on the Dakota side. Oldtimers remembered general stores, hardware stores, many dwellings, grain flathouses and otber business enterprises in Polk City. It became a trading center of a section rapidly being peopled by settlers. Foresighted promoters could not have expected the town to survive the advent of the railroad, at least not without being moved, but took a hand in the determination of the town's future. Fire destroyed the mill, and then one dry summer, most of the other structures on the town- site were razed by fire. Perhaps the building of the railroad and the springing up of other cities already had sealed the doom of Polk City, and her business men, realizing this, had not attempted to rebuild the town. Anyway, it soon disappeared and today there is not a vestige of it left, and crops grow where tall buildings, paved streets and white ways might exist today under a more kindly disposed Providence. QUINCEY A village that has passed into the past is the town of Quincey, which was located in the central part of Section 26, in the township of Elm River. Tbe first buildings were erected in 1876. This village, though small was delightfully situated on one of the finest sites along the picturesque Red River. This village suffered the same fate as other small river ports until today, with all of the buildings razed or removed, the only vestige left is the Quincey Cemetery. The last building to be moved from the townsite was the church. This forgotten village stood on the Dakota side of the Red River. A post office was located at Quincey in 1887. The Hudson Bay Company ran a mail coach between Georgetown and Pembina, on the west side of the river. There were stations twelve miles apart along this road where teams were changed and lunch could be had. A few people lived at each of these stations. One of these was located at Quincey. There was a hotel here where people traveling between Moorhead and the Goose River generally stopped. 110 Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited with Multi-Page TIFF Editor.
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