The Otto Jungnitsch family came to Barnes County in May of 1923 when Otto traded a quarter of land in Lake Township, Cass County for the southeast quarter of Section 28 in Ellsbury Township in Barnes County.

To this union were born three children: Mrs. Joe (Minnie) Wilson, postmistress at Pillsbury, North Dakota; E. A. Jungnitsch, employed at the Standard Oil Refinery at Mandan, North Dakota, he and his wife reside in Bismarck, North Dakota; A. L. Jungnitsch, a retired U.S. Navy veteran, who lives with his family near Alpine, California.

Otto Jungnitsch was a man of many skills and talents. Farming was not one of his favorite occupations. He purchased a one horse operated well digging machine and dug all the shallow wells in the-northwestern corner of Cass County and the northeastern corner of Barnes County. He also sold Deming Pumps and Aermotor Windmills as part of his operation.

He was the Pillsbury School custodian from 1935 to 1943. In addition, to display his writing talents, he wrote the "Dear Mister Editor" column in the Peoples Opinion, a newspaper published in Valley City.

At the close of the 1942-43 school year he worked at the Kaiser Ship Yards in Portland, Oregon until the end of World War 2. He retired in 1965 to El Cajon, California. Mrs. Jungnitsch died in 1964.

Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 118