| Information | Pioneer, was among the first Norwegian settlers in the county. They settled in the vicinity of Flora on the Missouri River in 1880. To the nearest marketplaces, Pierre, S.D. and Bismarck, N.D. it was almost 120 miles. Cattle raising was the first settlers' main source of income. They also shot buffalo and other wild animals they could get an income from. It was full of Indians along the Sioux River but no whites at that time, except at Fort Yates, about 60 miles from the settlement, where there were soldiers stationed to keep an eye on the Redskins. |
