Grimstad, Carl Martin, 1856-1940.

Dates:
Birth 1856
Death 1940

Biographical notes:

Born in Iowa County, Wisc. Taught school in Wisconsin, later moved to the Red River Valley in 1879. Settled in Walsh County, N.D., near Park River. Wed Julia Arneson in 1883. They returned to Mount Horeb, Wisc. in 1889. After retiring from farming in 1915, he served in the Wisconsin Assembly from 1918 to 1926. He died in 1940, she died in 1960.

From the description of Life in Dakota Territory from 1879 to 1887, 1927-1932. (North Dakota State University Library). WorldCat record id: 31023432

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Subjects:

  • Blizzards
  • Church buildings
  • Eccentrics and eccentricities
  • Frontier and pioneer life
  • Log cabins
  • Norwegian Americans
  • Oxen
  • Rural schools
  • Sod houses
  • Temperance
  • Women pioneers

Occupations:

  • Farmers

Places:

  • North Dakota (as recorded)
  • Mount Horeb (Wisc.) (as recorded)
  • North Dakota--Walsh County (as recorded)
  • Park River (N.D.) (as recorded)
  • Walsh County (N.D.) (as recorded)