by chris@rosepapacreative.com | May 7, 2026 | Inductees, Ranching Pre-1940s
Charles “Charlie” Bahm was born on April 14, 1883, south of New Salem in what was then the raw frontier of North Dakota. From an early age, he was immersed in ranch life, herding the family’s cattle out of wheat fields while still a boy. One early moment foreshadowed...
by chris@rosepapacreative.com | May 6, 2025 | Inductees, Ranching Pre-1940s
Andrew Nohle, born in 1858 to German immigrants, was raised on the family farm in upper state New York. He grew up to be the quintessential “renaissance man”; a pioneer rancher who became instrumental in the development of western North Dakota. Going west to North...
by chris@rosepapacreative.com | May 16, 2024 | Inductees, Ranching Pre-1940s
Lawrence Hopkins was born in Kenmare, North Dakota, on July 4, 1907. He lived in the Kenmare area as a boy and went to work as a ranch hand at an early age. He married Bernadette Manners in 1928 and they became barbershop/cafe owners in Regan, ND. In the Spring of...
by chris@rosepapacreative.com | Apr 30, 2023 | Inductees, Ranching Pre-1940s
John “Jack” McCrory was a Civil War veteran, a pioneer rancher, a mentor to many and an entrepreneur. He was born in 1842 in New York and moved west with the family to Minnesota when he was 12. Jack enlisted in the Union Army at age 20 and served with the...
by chris@rosepapacreative.com | May 12, 2022 | Inductees, Ranching Pre-1940s
“Thore Naaden, who said he wouldn’t trade ranching for any other life has gone on his last roundup …” is the opening line in a November 1954 article in Bar North, the North Dakota Stockmen’s Association magazine. Thore was born into a sailor’s family in Stavanger,...
by chris@rosepapacreative.com | Apr 3, 2022 | Inductees, Ranching Pre-1940s
James McEwen “Mac” Uhlman was born April 11, 1854, at Chelsea, Nova Scotia. He married Millie Dean Jaynes in 1878, and together they immigrated with family members to Wisconsin, settling near Roberts and River Falls. In 1891, Mac moved to North Dakota, setting up camp...
