The first settler to homestead on the SE quarter of Section 13 was Andrew Lee in 1881. Rolley Johnson settled here in 1883 on the NE quarter of Section 24 in Pilot Mound Township. Later Halvor Hegna bought the land. Mr. Hegna came from Hayfield, Minnesota, which is in the southeastern part of the state. He came here with his parents, Andreas and Attonette Hegna, in 1881.

Halvor Hegna married Nina Kvale from Norway, and they had eight children:

Adler, Alvina, Agnes, Johnny, Olene, Hilda, Lillian and Manley.

Source: Griggs County History 1879 - 1976 Page 372