Golden jubilee, 1905-1955: Upham, North Dakota, June 3 and 4, 1955

• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: North Dakota State Library
• Subjects: Arden; Devils Lake; Granville; Homestead; Iceland
• Online Access: http://cdm16921.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/ndsl-books/id/48633

HERMAN BETHKE Herman Bethke was born in Fall Creek, Wisconsin. Fie worked as a laborer and moved to Upham in 1900 to homestead. Herman married Susan Hubert on November 25, 1907. His two children, Ervin and Harvey Bethke, are active farmers near Upham. He belong to the St. John's Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod, near Upham. When Herman first came to this community there were no bridges across the rivers so they had to cross by ferry or drive across with horses. He filed on his claim in 1899 and built a claim shack. He went to Wisconsin for the winter the first year and returned here in the spring of 1900. The neighbors lived far apart and there weren't any roads. He recalled once when he had to stay at a neighbor's house three days because of a blizzard. At this time the closest town was Granville. The post office was six miles away. Four years after the railroads were built Russel and Deep were the closest towns. HOWARD BEARD Mr. Beard was born in Maryland and came to Upham in 1900. He is a homesteader in Layton township and served as an assessor there for 16 years. Mr. Beard worked on the Linberger ranch north of Towner until 1905 when he began farming on his own. He never married but has maintained his own household. He is 79 years old and still lives on his old homestead. Mr. Beard is a member of the Lutheran church. MAGNUS M. HALLDORSON Magnus Halldorson was born in Iceland. He came to Upham in the year 1900. It was in this year that he married Miss Bertha Johnson. They had eight children of which seven are living. They are Hilda (Mrs. W. T. Failton), Guatemala City, c/o U. N. Fruit Co.; Arne Halldorson, Arden, North Carolina; Polly (Mrs. R. T. Meddaugh), 1903 S. Girard, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Burke Halldorson, 47 12th St. S.W., Huron, South Dakota; Harold Holldorson, 4134 Cedar Ave., Minneapolis, Minnesota; Carolyn (Mrs. Ira H. Hubbord), c/o Research Dept. CBCR, Galfito Costa Rica; Olive (Mrs. V. E. Scott), Tegucigalpa, c/o Tela R. R. Co. JOHN P. KEISTER John Keister came to North Dakota in the spring of 1898. He worked at Devils Lake the first year and came to Towner in 1899 where he worked at the Gurmelius Ranch before filing on his homestead. In 1912 he married Tina Day. They had one child, William J. who now lives at Harrisburg, Virgina. They are members of the Methodist church. Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited in Multi-page TIFF Editor.