by chris@rosepapacreative.com | May 7, 2026 | Inductees, Legacy Award
Dale Pahlke was born in Sutherland, Nebraska and grew up on a ranch north of Valentine. After graduating from Todd County High School in Mission, SD, he attended South Dakota State University, where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree. Dale began his banking...
by chris@rosepapacreative.com | May 16, 2024 | Inductees, Legacy Award
The dictionary definition of cowboy is “a man, typically one on horseback, who herds and tends cattle.” Throughout his lifetime, Fred Sorenson embodied this definition of cowboy, himself, and he also supported other cowboys and the cowboy way of life. He developed his...
by chris@rosepapacreative.com | May 12, 2022 | Inductees, Legacy Award
Jim Chamley was born in the northwest corner of North Dakota, and raised on a ranch at White Earth. He graduated from high school in Stanley. Although he migrated to other parts of the country, eventually settling in Colorado Springs, Colorado, Jim maintained strong...
by chris@rosepapacreative.com | Apr 3, 2022 | Inductees, Legacy Award
Born in Watford City, North Dakota, on July 12, 1937, Kaye (Van Dyke) Nelson is the daughter of Norwegian immigrants Arnold Stromme and Anna Signalness Stromme Van Dyke Jorgenson. Much of Kaye’s life was spent on her grandparent’s Bar U Ranch along the Little Missouri...
by chris@rosepapacreative.com | Mar 29, 2022 | Inductees, Legacy Award
Willard Schnell is one of 11 children born to Ray Sr. and Clara Schnell, Dickinson. Schnell’s father and two partners founded the Dickinson Livestock Sales Company in 1937 and, from that time on, the auction and livestock market business played a major role in the...
