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...
by chris@rosepapacreative.com | Apr 3, 2022 | Inductees, Ranching Pre-1940s
Martin S. Hovde was born February 14, 1913, to Jeremiah and Laura Hovde in Harvey, North Dakota. The family homesteaded in McKenzie County; however, during the winter of 1921, they moved south of Epping, North Dakota in Truax Township. Martin grew up on the family...
by chris@rosepapacreative.com | Apr 3, 2022 | Inductees, Ranching Pre-1940s
In 1908, a young man left his family dairy farm in New York going west to fulfill his dream in western North Dakota. Charles Franklin (C.F.) Martell arrived with nothing, worked for his uncles and was on his own by 1914. He established a ranch headquarters known as...
by chris@rosepapacreative.com | Apr 2, 2022 | Inductees, Ranching Pre-1940s
Steve Weekes, Sr. was born in 1851 in Toronto, Canada. He arrived in the United States with his parents at six months of age. The family initially settled at Waterloo, Iowa. In 1878, he met and married his wife, Margareta Annie Thompson. They had their first child...
