


Lewis & Clark, Sakakawea, Custer,
Sitting Bull, and Theodore Roosevelt
have all left footprints here.
Now I have, too.
"I AM LEGENDARY."


Dunn County Historical Society Oral History Project
Is Making History
Many residents or former residents of Dunn County have been interviewed. The primary focus of the Oral History Project is to record and document as many oral histories as possible, from persons age 65 and over, with direct connections to Dunn County.
As of late 2011, Debi Biffert resigned from her position as Oral Historian for the Dunn County Historical Society, and Deb Lancaster is now continuing on with the project. Gail Lynch, who, from the beginning, had assisted with printing and binding the oral histories, has retired from that duty. The Museum now has the capability for Deb Lancaster to do the printing and binding in house. The Dunn County Historical Society appreciates the magnificent work and dedication Gail and Debi have given to this project. Debi feels blessed and treasures the times spent with so many wonderful people. Deb Lancaster is looking forward to meeting with many additional Dunn County folks and adding their interviews to the collection. The Dunn County Historical Society thanks all those interviewed for blessing us with such wonderful memoirs!
Interview Info: If you, or anyone you know, would like to be interviewed for the Oral History Project, please contact Deb Lancaster at 701-260-1650. She will be happy to go over details of what the interview entails, and will schedule a time at your convenience. Individuals, couples or siblings are welcome. Deb travels the surrounding area to nursing homes or residences, and can also do the interview over the telephone, if the narrator no longer lives in Dunn County. Photographs, brands, and family trees are now being included in the books being done.
Oral History Books:Once the interview is transcribed, the narrator recieves a free copy of a book containing the interview transcription and supporting material. A copy is also archived in the Museum's collection, along with the original tapes of the conversation. Family members or friends may want to purchase additional copies of the book; those are available at $20.00 and up, depending on the number of photographs included. Reprints of any of the oral history books can be made.
Compact Discs: Deb now has the capability to convert the original cassette tapes into compact discs. Discs can be made of any of the interviews, from the beginning of the project in 2005, through the current time. This enables family to hear the voice of the person being interviewed, which can add a great deal, especially if the person has passed away. Compact disc are $15.00 and up, depending on the length of the interview.
All books and compact discs can be mailed for an additional charge.
Please contact Deb Lancaster directly, by phone at 701-260-1650, or by e-mail at debdakota9291@yahoo.com, for oral history book / cd purchases, or with any questions concerning the project.
ORAL HISTORY BOOKS AND CD'S
MAKE GREAT GIFTS!!!
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Oral Histories Completed
Most are on display at the Museum.
Vocal recordings of some are already converted to compact disc;
any interview can be; please ask if interested.
Allmendinger, William “Bill” - Dodge, North Dakota
Bandle, Margaret Brandvik - Killdeer, North Dakota
Bang, Blanche (Johnson) - Dickinson, North Dakota - (Killdeer)
The Bell Children - Gunwall, Norene (Bell); Ritz, Lelah Bell); Henderson, Doris (Bell); & Bell, Leo Orson - Killdeer, North Dakota
Benson, Edwin - Twin Buttes, North Dakota - (Halliday)
Bergstedt, Lillian (Schaper) - Hazen, North Dakota - (Halliday)
Biffert, Norman James - Halliday, North Dakota
Photo coming Brew, Roger and Linda - Manning, North Dakota
soon.
Brown, Winnifred (Goth) - Mandan, North Dakota - (Dunn Center)
Brinkman, Curt and Madella (Grevious Kruckenberg) - Dodge, North Dakota

Buresh, Robert & Margaret (Petryszak)- Rural Manning, North Dakota

Carlson, Grant - Killdeer, ND
Chase, Lydia (Sage) - New Town, North Dakoa (Twin Buttes)

Cook, Cecil “Bud” - Werner, North Dakota
Dahlen, Anna Marie (Moen) & Antonson, Ruth (Moen)
Halliday, North Dakota (Sisters)
No
photo Darcy, Pat & Evelyn (Schield) - Golden Valley, North Dakota
available
Darwin, Ed & Alice (Nodland) - Killdeer, North Dakota
No
photo Dinkins, Paul & Beryl (Odren) - Dunn Center, North Dakota
available
Dukart, Elizabeth - Killdeer, North Dakota
Dvirnak, Elmer & Kay (Fannik)- Killdeer, North Dakota
Dvirnak, John & Alice (Fannik) - Killdeer, North Dakota
No
photo Edwards, Thomas James - Killdeer, North Dakota
available
Fenton, Thelma Louise (Edwards) - Killdeer, North Dakota
Ferebee, Cliff and Marion - Halliday, North Dakota
Fiegel, Frankie Herman - Halliday, North Dakota
No
photo Fischer, William "Buster" - Killdeer, North Dakota
available
Fisher, Agnes - Manning, North Dakota
Fisher, George & Cora (Reum) - Halliday, ND
Frafford, Solway “Sally” - Dickinson, North Dakota - (Halliday)
No
photo Fredericks, John “Buzz” & Judy - Twin Buttes, North Dakota
available
No
photo Fredericks, Pete & Sylvia - Twin Buttes, North Dakota
available
Frei, Anna (Weidner) - Halliday, North Dakota
No
photo Gehrman, Walter "Pete" - Dunn Center, North Dakota
available

Gjermundson, Eva Carlson - Taylor, North Dakota (Halliday)
Photo soon Gleich, Pius - Great Falls, Montana (Dodge)
Grevious, Gerald - Golden Valley, North Dakota (Killdeer)
Gunwall, John & Julia (Schwindt) - Manning, North Dakota
No
photo Haag, Casper & Irene - Richardton, North Dakota
available
Hansen, Mary (Brandt) - Dunn Center, North Dakota - (Werner)
Hartman, Roy - Fayette, North Dakota
Hauck, Adam & Millie (Doll) - Richardton, North Dakota
(Marshall & South Dunn County)
Hauck, Paul and Magdalena - Richardton, North Dakota (Marshall)
Hauck, Rosella (Nodland) - Killdeer, ND (Werner/Dunn Center)
Haugen, Adalyne “Toody” – Killdeer, North Dakota

Hovden, Elsworth & Philomena - Killdeer, North Dakota
Photo coming Hutmacher, Alex and Karen - Dickinson, North Dakota (Fayette)

Jepson, Wilbur - Killdeer, ND
Jurgens, Leota (Jacobs, Perhus) - Halliday/Marshall, North Dakota
Kelling, Mamie (Fisher) Random - Killdeer, North Dakota
Kisse, Almont (Emil) – Dickinson, North Dakota – (Halliday)

Kisse, Esther - Halliday - (Hazen)
Kittilson, Clair - Dunn Center, ND

Klee, Esther (Dahlen) – Halliday, North Dakota – (Taylor/Werner)
Klee, Matthew Carl - Halliday, ND
Kling, Florence - Dunn Center, ND
Knopik, Hubert Charles - Dickinson, ND (Manning)
Knopik, Martin - Dickinson, ND (Manning)

Knutson, Bethol (Olson) – Killdeer, North Dakota

Knutson, Rueben and Phyllis - Dunn Center / Killdeer, ND

Kralicek, Tony & Bertha "Beth" (Ficek) - Manning, North Dakota
No
photo Kukla, Walt & Ardis (Kittilson) - Killdeer / Dunn Center, North Dakota
available
No
photo Larsen, Sydney (Bailey) - Killdeer, North Dakota
available
No
photo Leintz, Christine - Halliday, North Dakota
available
Loeffelbein, Fred & Helen (Fisher) - Halliday, North Dakota
Lorenz, John and Alice - Dodge, North Dakota
Photo coming
soon Luttrell, Elvera (Madsen) - Vancouver, Washington
(formerly of Dunn Center, North Dakota)
Lynch, Kathryn (Dvirnak) - Dunn Center, North Dakota

Martin, Dorothy (Petersen) – Killdeer, North Dakota
McConnell, Kathryn (Martian) - Killdeer, ND - (Dunn Center)
McMahen, Helen - Dunn Center, North Dakota
Meduna, Jerry & Frances (Knopik)- Manning, North Dakota
Photo soon Meier, Josephine (Abfalder) (Keller) - Dickinson, North Dakota
(Hirschville & rural central Dunn County)
No
photo Mittelstadt, Beverly, (Hartman) - Killdeer, North Dakota
available
Mittelstedt, Emma Rose Kind (Weisenberger) - Dickinson, ND
Photo coming
soon. Mjolhus, Irene - Dunn Center, ND
No
photo Myran, Henry Thomas - Taylor, North Dakota (Southern Dunn County)
available
Neal, Betty (Twist) - Manning, North Dakota
Nordahl, Ann (Gregory) - Dickinson, ND - (Halliday)

Nordsven, Elmer - Werner, North Dakota - (Halliday)
O'Neil, Owen - Killdeer, ND
Paulson, Inky and Clara - Taylor, ND (Marshall)
Pelton, Aagot (Vetleson) - Dickinson, North Dakota (Werner)

Pelton, Dorotha "Dot" - Killdeer, North Dakota (Oakdale)
Regeth, Henry - Manning, North Dakota
Photo coming Roll, Allen and Ione - Dunn Center, North Dakota
soon.
Photo coming Rohde, Clarence and Ida - Halliday, North Dakota
soon.
Sand, Robert & Edna (Nupen) - Dunn Center, North Dakota – (Killdeer)

Sandvick, Thorris & Lynell - Killdeer, North Dakota
Schaper, Sig & Luella (Wolf) - Halliday, North Dakota
Photo coming Schmidt, George and Joy (Sjkefte) - Killdeer, North Dakota
soon (formerly of Dunn Center, North Dakota)

Schmidt, Guenther - Langley, Washington - (Fayette, ND)


Schollmeyer, Alfred & Joe - Dunn Center, North Dakota
Schollmeyer, Angie - Dunn Center, North Dakota - (Killdeer)
Schumacher, Tony and Claudia - Halliday, North Dakota

Schweitzer, Joe - Halliday, North Dakota – (Dodge)

Seidel, Lorraine (Troxel) - Halliday, North Dakota
Severson, Roy - Mandan, North Dakota (Dunn Center)

Smith, Emogene (Cusson) & Gehrman, Walter “Pete”
Dunn Center, North Dakota

Spelevoy, Gladys - Manning, North Dakota

Steffen, Elsie (Mohl) - Halliday, North Dakota
Steffen, Louis Henry - Halliday, North Dakota
Stetson, Theola - Rapid City, SD (Manning and Taylor, ND)

Stohler, Oscar & Lorraine – Dunn Center/Halliday, North Dakota

Swenson, Alton - Halliday, North Dakota
Sword, Martha (Krieger) – Dunn Center, North Dakota
Photo coming Thompson, Rodney and Adeline - Dunn Center, North Dakota
soon
Transtrom, Edna (Rasch) - Halliday, North Dakota
Photo coming Twist, David - Manning, North Dakota
Vaagen, Anne (Roberts) – Dunn Center, North Dakota – (Werner)
Vaagen, Marlys (Pletan) - Taylor, North Dakota
(Formerly of Dunn Center, North Dakota)
Voigt, Dawne Dahlen - Mandan, North Dakota
(Formerly of Werner, North Dakota)
Watkins, David - Manning, ND
Wetsch, Florence Mae (Edwards) - Killdeer, North Dakota
Wetsch, Tony & MIckey - Killdeer, ND
The following oral histories are in various stages of completion.
Please call for further info.
Missing photos will be posted as soon as possible.
Benz, Ruby (Hausauer) - Dunn Center, North Dakota
Brown, Grant and Linda - Dunn Center, North Dakota
in progress
Burr, Evan Jr. and Joy - Twin Buttes, North Dakota
interview in progress
Ell, Karen - Killdeer, ND
transcription in progress
Franchuk, Genevieve Hushka Knopik - Southwestern Dunn County
book proof in progress
Hanson, Alma and Robert - Killdeer, North Dakota
transcription in progress
Huebert, Violet (Odren) - Redmond, Oregon
(Formerly of Dunn Center, North Dakota)
in progress
Hueske, Arnold & Rose - Richardton, North Dakota
(Rural Southern Dunn County)
Kling, Harlin and Marie - Dickinson, North Dakota
(Formerly of Halliday, North Dakota)
book proof in progress
Kubik, Frank and Doris - Manning, ND
book proof in progress
Lawhead, Inga - Killdeer, North Dakota
Mann, Emil and Esther - Halliday, North Dakota
book proof in progress
Murphy, Ethel - Cortez, Colorado - formerly of Dunn Center
transcription in progress
.
Olson, Harry and Maureen - Killdeer, ND
book proof in progress
Olson, Harold - Dickinson, ND - (Halliday)
Perhus, Ruth Hueske - Richardton, ND - (South Dunn)
Roshau, Wally & Judy - Killdeer (Fayette) ND
in progress
Schepper, Dan - Killdeer, ND
transcription in progress
Schettler, Delbert & Kay – Halliday, North Dakota – Interview redone
Scott, Agnes (Weber) - Manning, North Dakota
Selle, Lloyd & Luann (Wasem) - Halliday, ND
Wilhelm, Vic and Donna - Halliday, ND
in progress
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