August Triebold was born May 20, 1868 in Hanover, Germany, immigrated to North Dakota, at age 17 years in 1885. He homesteaded in Alta township four and one half miles north west of Oriska, North Dakota. He married Minna Schulz in 1890. They lived in a sod house and had many trials and tribulations. The winters were very severe and life was a great struggle to live.. Farming was done with a walking plow and oxen; after a few years they were able to buy horses. Threshing was done by hand in the early days and then a machine was purchased by a neighbor, the Noltimier family, which was shared by several farmers. This took several weeks as everyone had to have their crops done by one machine.
In 1906 a large eight room house was built for the family, which still stands today on the home farm. However, the farm was sold to the Henry Bruns family several years ago and many buildings have' disappeared. The house has been remodeled into a beautiful show place on this farm, the original architectural lines of -the frame work are still the same, which makes this so elegant to view.
This marriage was blessed with six children, four boys and two girls. William, deceased, 2-9-74 at age of 82. Oscar, who is a retired farmer and lives with a son in the Oriska area. John who farmed at Oriska and retired to Valley City is deceased. Fred owned an elevator at Tyler, North Dakota, is retired and lives in West Fargo, North Dakota. Anne, who was married to Ralph Potter and lived in Jamestown, North Dakota, is also deceased. Lillian is married to Michael Brynes, lives in Forgo, and is Treasurer of The American Life & Casualty Insurance Co. of Forgo, North Dakota. The August Triebolds had eleven grandchildren, thirty-eight great grand children, and twenty-six great-great-grandchildren.
August and Minna retired and purchased a home in Valley City in 1920. Minna passed away in 1923 after much illness. August passed away December 12, 1949. They were members of Trinity Lutheran Church and Minna was the first person to be baptized and confirmed by Rev. J. F. L. Bonhoff.
Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 253