by chris@rosepapacreative.com | May 7, 2026 | Inductees, Ranching Modern-era
James P. Langley was born in Warwick, North Dakota, into a family shaped by grit, land, and hard work. His father came north from Kansas in 1904 after hearing that land would be opened for homesteading on the Fort Totten Indian Reservation. Like many early settlers,...
by chris@rosepapacreative.com | May 6, 2025 | Inductees, Ranching Modern-era
Lester “Les” Anderson was born May 10th, 1913, on the family homestead in Coburn Township near the Sandhills, south of Leonard, ND. He went to “country school” in Coburn Township for eight years while working on the family farm. At the age of...
by chris@rosepapacreative.com | May 16, 2024 | Inductees, Ranching Modern-era
Born in 1940, Arnold Bendish lived his entire life in the Fort Rice vicinity, except for the time he attended high school in Bismarck. He broke horses at the Wachter Ranch at age 20 and ranched with his dad until the elder Bendish retired. Bendish then established his...
by chris@rosepapacreative.com | Apr 30, 2023 | Inductees, Ranching Modern-era
Adolph Burkhardt was born on March 13, 1915, on a ranch north of Hebron, ND. His parents, Rudolph and Karolina Burkhardt had immigrated from Russia in 1910. He walked to and attended the Elm Creek country school when not needed during planting and harvesting seasons....
by chris@rosepapacreative.com | May 12, 2022 | Inductees, Ranching Modern-era
Vernon O. Goldsberry was born March 14, 1920, the son of James and Susie (Brown) Goldsberry. During the depression, when Vernon was 15 years old, he went to work for local rancher and horse dealer, Richard Moore. From 1935 to 1938, he rounded up broke wild horses that...
