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• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: North Dakota State Library
• Subjects: Norway; Marquis; Falconer; Beaver Creek
• Online Access: http://cdm16921.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/ndsl-books/id/57792

t t» Jf "TT^ii ■ .*■ «-*•. »■'' ■■-■■■>>/. -«■■ * -■> '-**,. M 3* ■•"* -<r"' i**k.J -'-f*"^ W r>V ■.: ^T**1 & ■ •» HAS. * • '. »■.' ' Horse power threshing about 1890. Neis Halvorson is standing on separator. Thor who ground their "Prairie Pride" flour from hard Marquis wheat raised in the community. It discontinued operation in 1940. Due recognition for long services as town ship officials must be given Mikkel Maurseth as assessor for 35 years and Iver Ellingson School clerk for 47 years and township clerk for a period of 52 years. BEAVER CREEK TOWNSHIP The first settlers that came westward settled along the Goose River where there was water, wood, and shelter, but little by little it became crowded along the river and it became necessary to move farther west and thus many of the old pioneers found their way into Beaver Creek or Norway township, as it was called then. The first ones settled in 1877. The land westward was hilly and rugged, and anyone living there was referred to by the Norwegians as living "vest i Mounta." A special township election was held in schoolhouse No. 4 on the 6th of May, 1886, for the purpose of organizing the township and to elect officers for Norway township. Knut Johnson, Nels Maystad, and Knut Heskin conducted the meeting. Elected were: Alexander Falconer, chairman; Daniel Bjerke, supervisor; Peter J. Ostmo, supervisor; K. H. Brunsdale, clerk; E. A. Johnson, treasurer; Knut Johnson, assessor; Ole Brunsvold, Justice of the Peace; Nels Maystad, Justice; Lars Martinson, constable; Jens Tenold, constable; Ole Dahl, overseer of the poor; Jens Berge, pond-master. Road overseers elected were: District No. 1 Jens Berge; District No. 2 C. C. Christiansen; District No. 3 Jacob A. Nelson; District No. 4 Ed A. Johnson. All township officers and overseers were paid $1.50 per day or for each meeting. The assessed valuation of the township on June 28, 1886, was real estate $36,820, personal property $19,701. At the annual township meeting the 21st of March, 1905, a vote was effected to change the name of the township from Norway to Beaver Creek township. The officers at that time were Ed. O. Norgaard, chairman; A, E. Tosterud, supervisor; Ed. E. Bjerke, supervisor; K. A. Wals- vik, treasurer; O. H. Windloss, assessor; M. Brumwell, Justice; H. K. Walsvick, constable. Four schoolhouses were built and school began in 1885. The term included two months in the fall and three months in the spring. Carpenters who built the schools were Daniel Bjerke, the Coltoms and A. E. Tosterud. In 1885 August Coltom was a director and E. J. Roste, clerk. In 1895 P. J. Ostmo was presi- 56 Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited in Multi-page TIFF Editor.