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

To date, 154 residents or former residents of Dunn County have been interviewed. The primary focus of the Dunn County Historical Society Oral History Project is to record and document as many oral histories as possible.

Debi Biffert interviews, transcribes, and edits the oral histories.  Gail Lynch assists with printing and binding the oral histories.

The Dunn County Historical Society appreciates the magnificent work and dedication Gail and Debi have given to this project.Thank you to everyone for allowing Debi Biffert to be a part of your lives and taking a trip down memory lane. Debi feels blessed and treasures the times spent with so many wonderful people. Debi, Gail, Dunn County Historical Society, and the residents of Dunn County thank all those interviewed for blessing us with such wonderful memoirs!

Those interviewed will receive a free copy. Copies for family members are $15.00 each. 

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Oral Histories on Display

   Allmendinger, William “Bill” - Dodge, 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     

   Brown, Winnifred Goth - Mandan, North Dakota - Dunn Center

   Dvirnak, Elmer & Kay - Killdeer, North Dakota

   Dvirnak, John & Alice (Fannik) - Killdeer, North Dakota

   Fenton, Thelma Louise (Edwards) - Killdeer, North Dakota

   Fiegel, Frankie Herman - Halliday, North Dakota 

   Fisher, George & Cora (Reum) - Halliday, ND

   Frafford, Solway “Sally” - Dickinson, North Dakota - (Halliday)

    Gjermundson, Eva Carlson - Taylor, North Dakota – (Halliday) 

   Gunwall, John & Julia - Manning, North Dakota 

   Hauck, Rosella (Nodland) - Killdeer, ND (Werner/Dunn Center)

   Jepson, Wilbur - Killdeer, ND

   Jurgens, Leota (Jacobs, Perhus) - Halliday/Marshall, North Dakota

   Kittilson, Clair - Dunn Center, ND

   Klee, Matthew Carl - Halliday, ND

   Kling, Florence - Dunn Center, ND

   Knopik, Hubert Charles - Dickinson, ND (Manning) 

   Knopik, Martin - Dickinson, ND (Manning)

   Loeffelbein, Fred & Helen - Halliday, North Dakota 

   Lynch, Kathryn (Dvirnak) - Dunn Center, North Dakota

   McConnell, Kathryn (Martian) - Killdeer, ND - (Dunn Center)

   Meduna, Jerry & Frances - Manning, North Dakota 

   Nordahl, Ann (Gregory) - Dickinson, ND (Halliday)

   O'Neil, Owen  - Killdeer, ND

   Pelton, Aagot (Vetleson) - Dickinson, North Dakota - (Werner)

   Pelton, Dorotha "Dot" - Killdeer, North Dakota (Oakdale)

   Regeth, Henry - Manning, North Dakota    

   Vaagen, Anne (Roberts) – Dunn Center, North Dakota – (Werner)

The following oral histories are in various stages of completion.

Questions call:  Dunn County Historical Museum 548-8111

                         Debi Biffert (701) 938-4341 evenings

   Benz, Ruby (Hausauer) - Dunn Center, North Dakota 

   Buresh, Robert & Margaret - Rural Manning, North Dakota

   Burr, Evan Jr. - Twin Buttes, North Dakota

   Carlson, Grant - Killdeer, ND 

   Cook, Cecil “Bud” - Werner, North Dakota

   Dahlen, Anna Marie (Moen) & Antonson, Ruth (Moen)

   Halliday, North Dakota (Sisters)

   Darwin, Ed & Alice - Killdeer, North Dakota

    Fisher, Agnes - Manning                                                  

       No

     photo             Fredericks, John “Buzz” & Judy - Twin Buttes, North Dakota

    available

   Frei, Anna (Weidner) - Halliday, North Dakota - February 8, 2006

    Hansen, Mary (Brandt) - Dunn Center, North Dakota - (Werner) 

   Hauck, Adam & Millie - Richardton, North Dakota

   (Marshall & South Dunn County)

   Haugen, Adalyne “Toody” – Killdeer, North Dakota 

   Hovden, Elsworth & Philomena - Killdeer, North Dakota

   Hueske, Arnold & Rose - Richardton, North Dakota

   (Rural Southern Dunn County)

   Kisse, Almont (Emil) – Dickinson, North Dakota – (Halliday) 

   Kisse, Esther - Halliday - (Hazen) 

   Klee, Esther (Dahlen) – Halliday, North Dakota – (Taylor/Werner)

   Knutson, Bethol (Olson) – Killdeer, North Dakota 

   Knutson, Rueben & Phyllis (Olson) - Killdeer, ND - (Dunn Center) 

   Kralicek, Tony & Bertha - Manning, North Dakota 

   Lawhead, Inga - Killdeer, North Dakota

   Martin, Dorothy (Petersen) – Killdeer, North Dakota

   McMahen, Helen - Dunn Center, North Dakota

   Mittelstedt, Emma Rose Kind (Weisenberger) - Dickinson, ND

   Nordsven, Elmer - Werner, North Dakota - (Halliday)

   Olson, Harold - Dickinson, ND - (Halliday)

   Perhus, Ruth Hueske - Richardton, ND - (South Dunn) 

   Sand, Bob & Edna (Nupen) - Dunn Center, North Dakota – (Killdeer) 

   Sandvick, Thorris & Lynell - Killdeer, North Dakota 

       No

     photo               Schaper, Sig & Luella (Wolf) - Halliday, North Dakota

    available

      No

     photo              Schettler, Delbert & Kay – Halliday, North Dakota – Interview redone

    available

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

   Schollmeyer, Angie - Dunn Center, North Dakota - (Killdeer) 

 Schollmeyer, Joe & Alfred - Dunn Center, North Dakota 

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

   Scott, Agnes (Weber) - Manning, North Dakota 

   Seidel, Lorraine - Halliday, North Dakota

   Selle, Lloyd & Luann (Wasem) - Halliday, ND 

   Smith, Emogene (Cusson) & Gehrman, Walter “Pete”

   Dunn Center, North Dakota

   Spelevoy, Gladys - Manning, North Dakota   

  Steffen, Elsie Mohl - Halliday, North Dakota

      No

    photo              Steffen, Louis Henry - Halliday, North Dakota

  available

   Stohler, Oscar & Lorraine – Dunn Center/Halliday 

   Swenson, Alton - Halliday, North Dakota 

   Sword, Martha (Krieger) – Dunn Center, North Dakota 

   Transtrom, Edna (Rasch) - Halliday, North Dakota 

      No

    photo               Wetsch, Florence Mae (Edwards) - Killdeer, North Dakota 

  available