Mr. and Mrs. Amund A. Fluto homesteaded on Section 26 in Washburn Township. Mrs. Fluto was the daughter of John and Kari Engen Johnson who homesteaded in Washburn Township, north of Mardell.

Mr. Fluto built the house on the farm now occupied by Mrs. Clara Iverson. Many old settlers picnics were held on the grounds cast of the house. Folks from town and every school, on the last day of school, would picnic in that area.

Mr. Fluto was in the implement business in Finley and Sharon and later moved to Fowler, Montana where they spent the rest of their lives. They had four children:

Gena

Clara, Mrs. Nierenberg

Oscar

and Ida.

Source: Griggs County History 1879 - 1976 Page 491