Montana, its story and biography; a history of aboriginal and territorial Montana and three decades of statehood, under the editorial supervision of Tom Stout (1921) (14776131274)

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Title: Montana, its story and biography; a history of aboriginal and territorial Montana and three decades of statehood, under the editorial supervision of Tom Stout ...
Year: 1921 (1920s)
Authors: Stout, Tom, 1879- ed
Subjects: Montana -- History Montana -- Biography
Publisher: Chicago, American Historical Society
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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nd the members of this firm, Ole C. John-son and Albert John Isachsen, have been continu-ously associated in business here for eight years,and came here after several years of partnership inNorth Dakota. Mr. Isachsen, who as an early settler has playeda spirited part in the development of Wolf Point,was born at Furra, District of Ofoten, in NorthernNorway, June 14, 1877. His father was Isaac An-derson and his mother, Sophie Peterson, a daughterof Carl Peterson, a Norwegian farmer. Isaac An-derson spent his life as a farmer and fisherman inFurra. He was the father of six children: Con-rad, in Norway; Nellie, wife of Jens Andreson, inNorway; Engstrom, a farmer near McVelle, NorthDakota; Albert J.; and Amandus, of Boulder, Colo-rado. Albert John Isachsen lived in Norway until hewas about twenty-seven years of age. He secureda common school education, took a business courseat Bode, was employed as clerk in a store for a time,and for three years was in the Government postof-fice at Norway.
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4-r.9y^aJi^r/o HISTORY OF MONTANA 929 September 14, 1904, Mr. Isachsen sailed fromTrondhjem on the Parisian bound for Quebec, reach-ing that city October 9th, came into the UnitedStates at Detroit, and continued his journey toLakota, North Dakota, where he joined an uncle.He remained in the country there for about sevenmonths and earned his first dollar as workman witha threshing outfit the day after he arrived at La-kota. He continued threshing for two months, andthe following winter picked up a knowledge of Eng-lish while attending a term of country school. Whenhe left school he went to work in Lakota as clerkfor A. J. Gronna, now prominent as a national legis-lator and congressman from North Dakota. He waswith the Gronna business as a clerk for 3^ years,and then moved to Ray, North Dakota, where hewas a clerk for Linville Nason for about four years. In 1912 they shipped their stock of goods to WolfPoint and established one of the pioneer enterprisesof the town. About a year ago the