Besta : a story of North Dakota pioneers / by Cyrene Bakke Dear, 1950-1951.

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Besta : a story of North Dakota pioneers / by Cyrene Bakke Dear, 1950-1951.

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Photocopy of an article published serially in the Grand Forks herald. It contains the life of Karen (Erickson) Bakke, who settled in the Goose River Valley, Traill County, N.D. in 1871 with her Norwegian immigrant parents, Ole and Christiana Erickson. Includes mention of her early life in Wisconsin, moving to Mayville, N.D., living at Ft. Abraham Lincoln with her sister Emily, General Custer and his troops at Ft. Abraham Lincoln, meeting her husband, Ole Bakke, their wedding preparations, acting as a midwife, farm life, threshing, hailstorms, the decline of Ole's health, the births and deaths of her children, the change in farming from horse power to machine power, their move to Hillsboro, N.D., her old age, and refusal of the undertaker to use the hearse at her funeral. Also includes Bakke's obituary and article on Dear.

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North Dakota State University Library

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Bakke, Karen, 1861-1952.

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Custer, George Armstrong, 1839-1876

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Custer's paternal ancestors, Paulus and Gertrude Küster, came to the North American English colonies around 1693 from the Rhineland in Germany, probably among thousands of Palatines whose passage was arranged by the English government to gain settlers in New York and Pennsylvania. According to family letters, Custer was named after George Armstrong, a minister, in his devout mother's hope that her son might join the clergy. Custer was born in New Rumley, Ohio, to Emanuel Henry Custer (1806...

Bakke, Ole, b. 1851.

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Dear, Cyrene Bakke.

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Born in Traill County, N.D., daughter of Karen and Ole Bakke. Moved to Washington, D.C. From the description of Besta : a story of North Dakota pioneers / by Cyrene Bakke Dear, 1950-1951. (North Dakota State University Library). WorldCat record id: 30523012 ...