. North Dakota history and people; outlines of American history . fice of township clerk. He has also long been a member of the town-ship board of supervisors, of which he was chairman for several years. His has beenan active and well spent life and he is a self-made man who as the architect of his ownfortunes has builded wisely and well. THEODORE S. LINDLAND. Native-born citizens, it often seems, come by the privileges of American life too easilyto appreciate them in the fullest degree. At least some of those who have sacrificed andsuffered to obtain them value these blessings more highly tha
. North Dakota history and people; outlines of American history . fice of township clerk. He has also long been a member of the town-ship board of supervisors, of which he was chairman for several years. His has beenan active and well spent life and he is a self-made man who as the architect of his ownfortunes has builded wisely and well. THEODORE S. LINDLAND. Native-born citizens, it often seems, come by the privileges of American life too easilyto appreciate them in the fullest degree. At least some of those who have sacrificed andsuffered to obtain them value these blessings more highly than those to whom they come as amatter of course. Believing that ho might have better opportunities in the new worldthan he could secure in his native land, Theodore S. Lindland, when a young man of twentyyears, crossed the Atlantic to America and made his way direct to North Dakota, sincewhich time he has continued a valued and representative resident of the state. He is nowsuccessfully engaged in the practice of law at Valley City, although in previous years he. THEODORE S. LINDLAND HISTORY OF NORTH DAKOTA 469 was identified with agricultural interests in Barnes county. His birth occurred at Sogndal,Norway, October 30, 1867, his parents being Tonnes and Hansine (Rossland) Lindland, theformer also a native of Sogndal, Norway, while the latter is a representative of oldScandinavian stock. The father died during the boyhood of his son Theodore, who obtainedhis education in the public schools of Norway and during the course of his studies took upthe study of English. He was a young man of nineteen years when in 1887 he crossed theAtlantic and made his way direct to Barnes county, where resided his brother, A. , who had become owner of a farm in the township of Thordenskjold and who hadcome to the new world in 1884. After living in this country for fifteen years, however, hereturned to Norway in 1899 and occupies the old family homestead there. Theodore S. Lindland took up
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