My great-grandfather Ole Olson-Hoel left his family in the Dakota Territory with his brother Simon near Lake Poinsett in 1906. He went with his brother Eston and his family and were joined by a few other families. The Wagon Train grew as they headed for North Dakota.
They tried farming in the Rice Lake area near Rider North Dakota where many died from Scarlet Fever. A cemetery got located on a small hill north east of Rice Lake. Drought conditions and hunger forced them to continue North into Canada. The only land left to Homestead was in Alberta.
Pioneer Cemetery in North Dakota.
The Antillans were Eston’s wife’s parents.
The family settled in a wilderness area north of what became Rocky Mountain House Alberta. Esten Olson died in 1911 and a cemetery got started on John Olson’s land.
but a monument was later placed in town.
Old Apostolic Cemetery near Lake Norden SD.
Lake Poinsett Cemetery
Olivet Cemetery Lake Norden S D
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