Loran and Anna Johnson, Swedish immigrants, who originally settled in Minnesota, moved to the Sanborn area in 1888. The following year, 1889, they moved to the southwest quarter of Section 28 of Eckelson Township. Loran's son Theodore, farmed the original homestead during the years 1912-1940, and his grandson, Theodore's son Avery Johnson, assumed the farming responsibilities in 1940 and is owner-operator of the farm to this date, 1975.
Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 113