Hastings, North Dakota
has the hardware store. He is from Jarlsberg and was born in Sande on December 30, 1859 and came to America in 1881. He came to Valley City in 1883 and to Hastings in 1901and is therefore one of the pioneers there. He is a large man, good natured and chatty and Norwegian to the neck.
Source: Norwegians and Norwegian Homes in America by Hans Jervell - 1916 - Page 164