Steve Weekes, Sr.

Steve Weekes, Sr.

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...
Andrew Voigt

Andrew Voigt

Andrew Voigt was born February 7, 1867, in Saxony, Germany, a son of Wilhelm and Theresa (Meyer) Voigt. The family immigrated to St. Augusta, Minnesota, in 1879. Andrew married Anna Berger in 1889 and left for North Dakota in 1901 to survey the area. His wife and...
Donald  Stevenson

Donald Stevenson

Donald ‘Don’ Stevenson, one of the state’s best known early ranchers, was born April 12, 1833, in Scotland. He immigrated to Ontario with his parents in 1842 and to Minnesota in 1856. After a year in Texas, Stevenson returned to Minnesota in 1861, purchased a...