Iver Strand

Iver Strand, born in Hallingdal, Norway, August 11, 1845, immigrated to the United States in 1866. With his family he came to Beaver from Benson, Minnesota, in 1895. His son, Henry, also homesteaded on land in Beaver.

Anthon Thompson

Anthon Thompson, December 2, 1872-June 8, 1951, was born at Benson, Minnesota. In July, 1896, he left there in a covered wagon seeking land at Emerado, North Dakota and on the Red Lake reservation in Minnesota. Not meeting with any success there he decided to come to Leeds induced by friends. He filed on his homestead in Beaver on the eleventh of July, 1896.

Ingeborg Loken Thompson

Wife of Anthon Thompson. Ingeborg was born 26 Mar 1879 in Olden Norway. She and her sister Agnes (Mrs. Andrew J. Kirkeide) immigrated in 1898. She homesteaded near Nanson in Rolette County in 1903.

Lars B. Sandven

Lars Sandven and Tosten Berven came together from Abercrombie, North Dakota. They filed on land closely connected in the spring of 1897.. They lived together in a frame house built across the dividing line of their land until Mr. Berven's marriage in 1902. When they dissolved their partnership, they divided their property which included the house. This was sawed in half, cross-wise, each one moving his part to his farm.

Tosten Berven

Tosten Berven and Lars Sandven came out here together from Abercrombie, North Dakota, in the spring of 1897. They filed on land closely connected. They lived together in a frame house built across the dividing line of their land until Mr. Berven's marriage in 1902. When they dissolved their partnership, they divided their property which included the house. This was sawed in half, cross-wise, each one moving his part to his farm.

Mouris & Anne Thorseth Thompson

Moures Thompson, born September 1, 1876, came out here from Benson, Minnesota in January, 1900, filing on his homestead at that time. He shared pioneer experiences with his brothers, Anthon and Robert. His first crop in 1901, was fifteen acres of flax. His equipment, shipped from Benson, included a wagon, four horses, harness and a dog.

Robert Thompson

Robert Thompson came to Beaver in the spring of 1897. He was born April 24, 1874, at Benson, Minnesota, leaving there in 1896, for Mekinock, North Dakota, where he stayed a year. He started the journey to Leeds on a bicycle but because of a great deal of rain, had to take the train from Lakota. The Robert Thompson family lived with Anthon in his sod home for about three years. When Robert built a frame house on his homestead, Anthon lived with them until his marriage.