Rhinald and brother Albert came to Pierce Township, Dakota Territory, in the 1870's to look it over and then went back to Wausau, Wisconsin until 1881 when the men returned to settle on their claims. Then, in 1883 the families came out with them by train to Sanborn and then trekking by ox or horse wagons to their claims here. Each brother took up also a tree claim, which was to have ½ mile strip of trees planted on it. It was a lonely and bare land of treeless prairies with no neighbors nearby or telephones, mail or Wimbledon.

The Brueske men and wives came to Wisconsin from Germany. The farm Rhinald settled on is now the Herman Rose farm. The road from Sanborn ran "kilter korner" to here, and there was also a deep depression through the yard (which can be seen yet) of the road from Cooperstown to Jamestown going through this Brueske yard. The smoke of far away neighbors was all the families could see here at first. Albert Brueske's farm is now the Lloyd and Marshal Menz farm.

Grandpa Rhinald Brueske made 3 wells, one in the barn, one by the southeast corner of the house, and one in the chicken and hog building. He quickly learned about the cold and windy winters here. The 3 wells made it easier for him and his animals. Mrs. Brueske passed away in August of 1903 and Rhinald died in the fall of 1917. Emma Brueske was born in 1874 and was an only child. She was 8 years old when the Rhinald Brueskes came to Dakota.

Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 37