Doyon High School - Round Up Yearbook (Doyon, ND)

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Iustln Berg settled 1n 1895 Fred Aronson 1n 1897 Herbert Westensee father of the Mrs Freda Hatten a former Supt of Schools at Doyon and Maur1ce Foley were also early settlers Ed Evans Harry Thompson Mr and Mrs George Saunders and Mrs Fred Larson are add1t1onal settlers Or1g1nal fam111es who have never changed hands are O E R1CG then' daughter M11dred Stlll 11ves on the farm Henry Blaufuss h1s grandson W1111am now farms the land Andreos Anderson now farmed by 1113 grandson A1r1an Olena Larson QAnder's wlfe now farmed by George Evans her great grandsonl Iust1n Berg now farmed by h1s son Stanley Fred Aronson farmed by h1s son Harold W1l11am Saunders now farmed by Mr and Mrs Kenneth Severtson Mrs Severtson 1S h1s granddaughter W1ll1am Appeman farmed by h1s son Harvey Octave Polssant farmed by h1s great nephew Kenneth Le1th DeLon Polssant farmed by George Le1th George Le1th farmed by h1s son Bill Carl Schroeder farmed by h1s grandson Lynn Schroeder M1ke Doyle farmed by Leo Doyle John Doyle now farmed by Dwight Doyle Fred Wllberg farmed by h1s son Albert now and owned by Mrs L11l1e Nyllus Albert's s1ster Frank W11tse a bachelor started the f1rst store 1n Doyon wh1ch was the only estab11shment 1n 1900 Later 1n the year Herslng Elevator C bu1lt an elevator Wlth Dick Turner as the f1rst manager Frank W1lson stayed a couple of years and left D1ck Turner also stayed a couple of years and left be1ng succeeded by a Mr H1ne11ne who stayed a couple of years and moved to Washlngton He was succeeded by John Hayes Mr A Wagey started a blacksmlth shop 1n blacksm1th shop to B111 Moore Mr Emory Cole a C1v11 War Veteran who had 4 brothers k11led 1n the C1Vl1 War started the f1rst lumberyard 1n Doyon wh1ch he later sold to Charles Doyon He was an elevator man at Bartlett before com1ng here He d1ed here and was burled at Lakota HlS lumberyard was located by the ra1lroad tracks where Tronsons coal sheds now stand It was later moved by Chas Doyor to where Fr1tz's place 1S now located The front was used for the lumberyard OfflCe and post Off1Ce The Orlglnal post off1ce was 1n W1lson's store W1lson be1ng the f1rst postmaster succeeded by Charles Doyon W1lson's store was located next to where Don Le1th's store 1S now located now occup1ed by the Oscar Munro famlly formerly the bank whlch was f1rst operated by Mr Klyver the first banker and later by Lawrence N1colson W1lson's store was vacant for several years and was used as a hall Mr Klyver came from Iowa moved to St Paul where they both d1ed The first fam11y the Anthony PO1X fam11y came to Doyon 1n 1901 from South Dakota and l1ved 1n a one room shack where Carr1e RGSV1Ck'S house now stands The1r son Lawrence Doyon FOIX was born there 1n the fall of 1901 be1ng the f1rst ch1ld born 1n Doyon Mr Folx operated the f1rst hotel in Doyon and later worked on the Doyon farm The FOIX fam1ly left for Shelly Montana where they both d1ed The hotel was located where Carrle ReSV1Ck'S house now stands Others who have operated the hotel are Iames MCCOfmlCk Em1l Larson who moved to Grand Forks Albert Sparkes a Span1sh Amer1can War Veteran who came from Tennessee operated the hotel a couple of years before the 20's and Mrs Karlstad Mrs Ole Anderson opelated the restaurant from 1903 1915 It was located outh of the present hall and was destroyed by fire 1n the 30's wh1ch also destroyed the former Rebellard store later operated by Karlstad and Iohnson at the t1me of the f1re wh1ch lS located where the present hall 1S now Mr Doyon had the f1FSt of h1s tw1n elevators bu1lt 1n 1903 or 1904 Wlth Garret Obar as manager It was later operated by Selmer KJos and IS now known as the Tronson Graln Company operated by Richard Tronson and Sons formerly the Sundeen Elevator Company The second of the tw1n elevators was bu11t about 1907 . . I I . . I . 1 - I A ' I I Q 1 o ' V I I I . Z U ' I I I I ' I ' ' A 2 1 ' 1 ' ' 1 : 1 - ' 1 ' ' : ' - 1 1 I 1 ' 1 1 , 1- ' , 7 ' ' , . . - . l 1 I I I I 1 I I ' I ' I I I I I I I ' I ' 1 7 1 ' 1 7 ' 1 2 1 : ' 1 ' I . . 1 I ' ' I 1 1901. He came from South Dakota and returned there after a couple of years. He sold his ' I l I l I . D I 1 I I o . .L I . . . ' ' ' I I l I I I I I 9 I . I . . . , . . . I . . . I . I I I I ' ' I I I ' . I . 0 . . . z . I . 1 1 1 ' ' 1 , 7 . . . ' - . . ' S h 1 - f ' ' 1 l ' - 1 1 1 '

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History of Doyon The towns1te 15 located on land homesteaded by George W1ltse Qwhose Wlfe was a cousm of Charles Doyonl who later sold the homestead to Mr Doyon the founder of our town Charles Doyon was born 1n Milton Vermont Apr1l 10 1871 and at the age of 7 moved w1th h1s parents to Madison W1SCOHS1D He was educated at the Un1vers1ty of WISCOHSIH graduatmg ln 1893 go1ng to Grand Forks in the summer of 1893 and was teller in the Second Natlonal Bank for 2 years He settled on h1s farm 1n Ramsey County 1n the spring of 1896 and was well known as the proprletor of The Doyon Farm one of the most extensive tracts of land in Ramsey County under one owner sh1p The farm was located 1n both Ramsey and Nelson Count1es and conslsted of 2 400 acres His farm was located about 3 m1les South of Doyon He plotted and lald out the town Slte of Doyon on the main l1ne of the Great Northern between Bartlett and Crary He was the second postmaster of Doyon and was marrled ln Larimore 1n the fall of 1898 to Al1ce Ashbrook a natlve of Kentucky He d1ed at Doyon about 1935 Mr and Mrs Wiltse moved to Arvilla 1n 1899 hvmg there several years before movmg to Langdon where they both died later O E Rice homesteaded in 1878 seven years before Ramsey County was organlzed 1n 1885 lRamsey County was named 1n the honor of Alexander Ramsey flrst Terr1tor1al Governor of M1nnesota U S Indlan Agent U S Senator Secretary of War and promlnent ln early North western development Devils Lake 1S the County Seat where School for the Deaf 1S located Ramsey County comprlses an area of 1 205 square m1les J He hauled the lumber for h1s f1rst c1a1m shanty from Larimore when the rallroad ended there Durlng thls perlod a stagecoach lme operated from Larimore to Fort Totten unt1l the rallroad came through to Dev1ls Lake The f1rst settlers 1n 1882 when the ra11road reached Bartlett from Larlmore were lla Webster who left about 1902 and died in Washington and a Mr Molleson who also left 1n the early days and passed away Others arrivlng 1n 1882 were Henry Blaufuss W1l11am Appeman Fred Wllberg Mr and Mrs Anderson KRobert's Parentsl and Mr and Mrs Ole Anderson fRobert's uncle and aunt, came ln the spring of 1883 from Osakls Minnesota ln Douglas County Andreos was born ln Norway Iuly 2 1805 and left there 1n the sprlng of 1871 go1ng to Douglas County Mlnnesota He was married in Norway April 14 1871 to the former Martha Chrlstofferson who was born ln Norway October 7 1847 He died January 7 1918 and she passed away November 21 1923 Mr Ole Anderson d1ed in February 1908 and Mrs Ole Anderson d1ed 1n 1940 She had operated a restaurant in Doyon from 1903 until 1915 Others com1ng 1n 1883 were Halvor C Rasmussen George W11l1ams and Henry Burus who later married two slsters Carl Schroeder a C1v1l War Veteran father of Henry Schroeder and grandfather of Lynn Schroeder Mr and Mrs Pat Prendergast whose son Walter later served 1n the Spanlsh Amerlcan War Mr and Mrs Rasmussen have s1nce passed away here at Doyon Mr and Mrs George W1lll6mS celebrated the1r 50th wedd1ng ann1versary a few years before they d1ed here Mr and Mrs Prendergost and Walter left about 1901 for the west where they have s1nce passed away Mr and Mrs Carl Schroeder both d1ed on thelr homestead Others arrlving were John Berg Paul Iverson who later marrled Robert Anderson s sxster Mary John Rudrud who later went to Washington where he passed away Robert Rlcker a C1Vl1 War Veteran who later d1ed 1n Bartlett and whose wife d1ed later ln Mmnesota Octave Paissant DeLon Polssant George Le1th Ole Rongstad who later went back to Eau Cla1re W1scons1n and Mrs Anders Larson Robert Anderson's grandparents and great grandparents of George Evans and Adrian Anderson Anders Larson d1ed ln 1891 and h1s w1fe Olena d1ed 1n 1898 or 99 W1l11am Saunders grandfather of Mrs Kenneth Seveztson both Mr and Mrs Saunders d1ed at Devlls Lake Mlke and Fred Doyle were both single O 7 I , . , . I I I I I ' I I , . ll n ,. I . , , . . I I ' I . . . . , , . . . , . I . . . . - 1 -- 1 '- 1 1 . , . , . . . I I t . I ' I ' I I I . . , . . , . I I I ' , I I I I ' I I ' 9 , , . . . ' I I I I I li I - 1 0 ' I . ,. . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . '. ' I ' . I I I. I 1 2 1 I ' I , , , , .Mr. ' I . ' 1 I - -, . 7 . . I ' I

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In 1904 11m Miller bu1lt and operated an 1mplement shop between CBITIG Resv1ck's present resldence and the old hall This was later on operated by Iohn Le Duc until 1909 and was vacant for a tlme and used as a hall before the old hall was bu1lt 1n 1910 This bu1ld1ng was moved to the present Iohn Schroeder locatlon and 1S now the west part used as the shop and the other part was added later Also 1n 1904 Andreos Anderson CRobert's fatherl bu1lt a store where the former Ford Garage 1S now He sold the bu1ld1ng to Fred Chamberlin whose bu1ld1ng burned down ln the wlnter of 1906 1907 In 1905 Albert Anderson fRobert's brotherl bullt h1s lmplement store whlch was located between Chamberlln store and the l1very barn operated by A B1ll1ng Cbrother ln law of Emory Cole the owner J The Great Northern Depot was also bullt 1n 1905 In the flre of 1906 1907 whlch started ln the l1very barn the l1very barn 1mplement blllldlflg and Chamberlm Grocery Store were all destroyed The f1rst add1t1on of the present schoolhouse was bu1lt ln 1907 The Ford Garage bu1ld1ng was also bu1lt 1n 1907 by Fred Chamberlin who operated a store here untll he sold the bu1ld1ng to C I Arneson Chamberlm later moved to Crary Fred Hall bu1lt a l1very barn behlnd the house now occupled by Bjerkes 1n 1907 In 1908 Andreas Anderson bullt a store tRobert's fatherj now occupled by Don Lelth whlch he operated untll he d1ed ln 1918 Albert Anderson fRobert's brotherl operated the store from 1918 untll 1925 when h1s famlly moved to Portland Oregon Albert Anderson passed away f1ve years ago Elmer Dahl Pete Hlldre Lawrence Johnson CHarold Bjerke's stepfather, George Anderson and Iud W1lll6mS and now Don Le1th have all contlnued h1s bu1ld1ng In December 1909 Doyon was 1gnited by another f1re which destroyed the drug store operated by Iess Turpening lwho died shortly afterwards, and was used as a drug store operated by Mr St Iohn who later went to Lakota and then moved to St Paul The upstairs of the buildmg was used as a hall until the present town hall was moved 1nto Doyon 1n the 30's The upper grades of the school held classes in th1s old hall Mr White being the grade pr1nc1pal The telephone office was moved in from Crary It later burned during the night when the Community Club met at the schoolhouse The first telephone office was in the drug store and operated by Arthur Vernon A Mrs Metcalf a widow from Lakota built the first telephone line The following are the telephone c, erators to the present time Minnie and Alice Iverson Mrs Snydal fBertha Rasmussenl Mrs McDonald Mrs Lawrence Nicloson Clocated ln apartment in back of the bankj Mrs Leola Duke fin the buxlding that burnedl Iimmey Elams Know of Dev1ls Lake, had bought the telephone offlce before 1t burned and then the telephone office was moved to Bjerke's house and 1S now operated by Mrs BJ erke The telephone office that burned was located where the Cement foundation now stands The f1rst schoolhouse ln Doyon also stood on the spot where the cement foundation stands It is now the front room of Robert Anderson's residence Mr Doyon moved it to Anderson s present location and divided it into two rooms and used it for living quarters for Mrs Collins his first bookkeeper who was a widow with one son Mrs Minme Bjerke tHarold's motherl purchased the house from Mr Doyon and btult on the front bedroom She sold it to George Williams who in turn sold it to Mr Widener who d1ed shortly afterwards and the house was finally sold to the Robert Andersons who added a second bedroom and kitchen Albert Anderson had a home ovmed by Delco plant and furnished lights to his store house and for Dexter Rice. The Ottertail power company came into Doyon in the 30's Before this time gas lamps and kerosene lamps were used in most places Fr1tz's place was a pool hall after Dexter Rice had lived there for a while and had his post - 1 . . . . . . - 1 0 1 ' Q 1 0 - - I . 1 I . 1 1 r 1 1 Q . u 1 . . . . . 1 1 1 1 - 1 , . - 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 Q 1 0 - . . . . , . . , . - ' - Q . , . fx . .V . , 1 , . , . , Q 1 1 . 1 . . ' A . 0 I 1 1 - u I . . 1 I 1 . 1 1 .