Lysandra Davis-Koppi was born in Medora, North Dakota. Upon the death of her father, Thomas Davis, Lysandra was appointed by the son of Marquis De Mores, Duke De Vallombroas, of Paris, France, to be manager of the De Mores holdings in the Badlands of Medora, a post she held until the Duke De Vallombroas sold the lands in 1939 and gave as a gift to the North Dakota State Historical Society the Chateau De Mores, to be preserved as a museum for the State. Mrs. Koppi has memories of her personal business friendship with the Duke De Vallombroas; of meeting Madame Schuman-Heink during a stop she made in Medora; of riding beside the Queen of Romania when she attended a rodeo in Medora, on a train trip through the United States; of being the first female steer rider in the rodeos at Medora, managed by Walt Ray, for which she received $2.00 a ride, when she was sixteen years old (no discrimination of sexes in that line of work at that time); and of being an honorary member of Home on the Range for Boys granted by Father Cassidy, the founder. Mrs. Koppi worked for County Commissioners from 1931 to 1975, when she retired; uninterrupted employment for 44 years - as Deputy in Billings County Court House, 1931 to 1933, and in North Dakota Social Welfare from 1933 to 1975, spending 30 years as Director of Welfare in Barnes County. Mrs. Koppi and her husband reside in Valley City, both retired. They have one son, Ridgway Knight Koppi, named for the ancestor mentioned in the Senior Foley's genealogy.

Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 129