As a young man, Karl Burkhart, left Ailingen, Germany in 1922 to come to the Dazey, North Dakota area. He was employed by Alfonse Eberle on his farm east of Dazey for several months. In November of that year he began working for Alois Kunze, also of the Dazey area.

On January 12, 1926 Karl Burkhart and Louise Kunze, daughter of Alois and Franziska Kunze were married. They made their first home on land that Mrs. Burkhart's father had homesteaded near the Sheyenne River.

The following year their first child was born. According to tradition he was named Karl, as were his father and grandfather. In the next years came Cecelia (Mrs. Walter Webber), Alois, Stephen, Mary Anne (Mrs. William P. Fugelso), Richard, Patrick and Rose Marie. Today they have seven surviving children, nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Karl's love for farming has never diminished in good years or in bad. For forty years he has successfully raised purebred Hereford cattle. He has also been a member of the School Board, the Luverne Farmers Co-Op Elevator Company and the Sibley Trail Township Board.

While Karl was busy in the fields or tending to his cattle and team of horses Louise was busy raising her family. She still found time to be an active member of the St. Mary's Church Altar Society and the Dazey American Legion Auxiliary, besides planting trees, flowers and large gardens.

The first time Karl came to America he arrived by boat after a journey of fourteen days. Forty-six years later he and Louise went back to Ailingen, Germany by plane. This time the trip took only seven hours. Since the first trip they have made three others to visit his two sisters, other relatives and friends.

Their zest for living seems to know no end as they continue to make a happy life for themselves in Barnes County.

Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 41