by chris@rosepapacreative.com | Apr 3, 2022 | Great Westerner, Inductees
Don Levingston Short was born in La Mars, Iowa to Hugh Con and Anne Corkery Short. He began his education in Medora, then went to St. James Military Academy in Fairbault, Minnesota, when he was 11 years old. Don graduated high school at Pillsbury Military Academy in...
by chris@rosepapacreative.com | Apr 3, 2022 | Great Westerner, Inductees, Ranching Modern-era
Philip was born on September 30th , 1909, near Independence, North Dakota. He was a member of the Knife clan, being born to Mandan-Hidatsa parents. He spoke three languages fluently and was passable in a fourth – Mandan, Hidatsa English and Lakota. He was a...
by chris@rosepapacreative.com | Apr 2, 2022 | Great Westerner, Inductees
Clarence H. Parker, born March 12, 1873 in Minot, was widely recognized as a pioneer rancher. He was considered North Dakota’s main breeder of buffalo and was also well known for his cattle and horses, the latter of which he entered in races. In the early 1900’s,...
by chris@rosepapacreative.com | Apr 2, 2022 | Great Westerner, Inductees
Born in the Grand River Valley along the North and South Dakota border in the 1830’s, Sitting Bull was the last of the great Sioux spiritual leaders. A leader of Indian forces at the Battle of the Little Big Horn in 1876, he became one of the world’s most famous men....
by chris@rosepapacreative.com | Apr 2, 2022 | Great Westerner, Inductees
Sakakawea is one of America’s most famous people. Though she was the youngest adult member and the only woman on the Lewis and Clark Expedition, her great contributions to the Corps of Discovery’s grueling journey to the Pacific Coast and back have rendered her the...
by chris@rosepapacreative.com | Mar 29, 2022 | Great Westerner, Inductees
Ray Schnell was born in Richardton on May 24, 1893, to Frank and Maryann (Engel) Schnell. He grew up on the family farm/ranch southeast of Richardton and, after his father’s death in 1915, he took over the operation. Ray married Clara Kittleson, a school teacher from...
