History of Clay and Norman counties, Minnesota : their people, industries, and institutions : with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families . CLAY AND NORMAN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. 32I much success througliout the neighborhood hi which he Uved. In 1879 married and in 1882 he and his wife drove over to this part ofthe state, bringing through some essential household articles, four horses andseveral cattle, the trip requiring twenty-three days. Upon his arrival hereMr. Peterson homesteaded a quarter section of land in section
History of Clay and Norman counties, Minnesota : their people, industries, and institutions : with biographical sketches of representative citizens and genealogical records of many of the old families . CLAY AND NORMAN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA. 32I much success througliout the neighborhood hi which he Uved. In 1879 married and in 1882 he and his wife drove over to this part ofthe state, bringing through some essential household articles, four horses andseveral cattle, the trip requiring twenty-three days. Upon his arrival hereMr. Peterson homesteaded a quarter section of land in section 10 of Strandtownship, Norman county, and there established his home, putting up acomfortable house and adequate farm buildings, and made other improve-ments on the place. After a while he sold that place to advantage andbought two hundred acres of railroad land in Bear Park township, whichhe proceeded to improve and on which he made his home until his electionto the office of sheriff of Norman county in 1896, when he moved to Ada,where he ever since has made his home, occupant of the sheriffs residence;for he ever since has occupied that office, his manner of conducting theaffairs of the sherif
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