The
blacksmith was a craftsman of may talents,
from sharpening plow shares to the delicate
crafting of an iron cross for someone's
grave [more
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in the jail so you can see where you could spend
the night if you indulge too at the saloon and
started a fight. [more
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livery was a place to rent a horse and buggy
or stable your horses. [more
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| A
typical Norwegian house. One of the predominant
nationalities to settle here. [more
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all-faiths church was the first building to
be brought into the village, not unlike the
thinking of the pioneers who built the church
at the first opportunity to show their faith
in the land they were settling. [more
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Next
to godliness, the education of their children
came a close second. These one-room country
schools were so located about the countryside
that no one had far to travel to get at least
an 8th grade education.
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