Family Homestead

[Rambo]

My families homestead in 1914. My 10 year old grandfather is in the middle of the photo by the grey's rear leg. He was born in the barn 10 years earlier. I'm not sure what year the sod house was built.

 

[Jassy]

thanks for posting..I just love old photo's and the history behind them!

 

[Justin]

thanks for posting..I just love old photo's and the history behind them!

:agree:

 

[the_jersey_lilly_2000]

Where was the homestead at?

 

[Rambo]

Where was the homestead at?

North Dakota, inside the corner of where the Missouri river stops flowing east and heads south.

The sod house is still standing.

 

[the_jersey_lilly_2000]

Oh that's neat. Would be neat to see pictures of it now.

 

[Blkbuckaroo]

Neat pics and story,barn before the house ,who says we don't care about our animals :wink:

 

[Big Muddy rancher]

Where was the homestead at?

North Dakota, inside the corner of where the Missouri river stops flowing east and heads south.

The sod house is still standing.

Is that before the big lake, after, or under?

 

[Rambo]

The dam was put in in the late 40's. The homestead is about a mile and half south of the main channel of the Missouri, and probably about 250 feet above it. Now it is about a mile south of the lake. Built on top of a hill like all the German-Russians around here did. :roll: It must have flooded in the old country.

 

[Rambo]

Neat pics and story,barn before the house ,who says we don't care about our animals :wink:

Yeah, they did hold livestock in high esteem. The story is one of the horses ran away, followed the Missouri south. My great-grandfather finally caught it at Yangton, SD. About 600 miles away. He was on foot. He must have been a tough of hombre. He's in the far left front on the picture.

 

[Rambo]

Oh that's neat. Would be neat to see pictures of it now.

 

[jigs]

would that be close to McClusky ND ??? my wifes maternal grandparents are from that area, German Russians them selves.... looked through a lot of old pictures from that area.

 

[Rambo]

would that be close to McClusky ND ??? my wifes maternal grandparents are from that area, German Russians them selves.... looked through a lot of old pictures from that area.

~50 miles west of McClusky