Collection: Granville Wolbert Papers | Special Collections Finding Aids

Scope and Contents

Includes a series of letters to Roy P. Johnson of the Fargo Forum newspaper regarding his life in North Dakota. Includes 9 pages of excerpts from an autobiographical manuscript by Wolbert, in which he details his business and political careers in N.D. Includes mention of living in Fargo, N.D., being in the train that overturned at Fargo during the 1890 tornado, serving in the N.D. legislature, Judson LaMoure, Alexander McKenzie, Tom Hall and others.

Dates

1951-1952

Creator

Wolbert, Granville W., 1864-1955. (Person)

Access

The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the Institute.

Copyrights

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Biography

Granville W. Wolbert was born in 1864 and came to Fargo, N.D. in 1891 as a traveling salesman and later lived in Casselton and Bismarck. He was elected to the N.D. House of Representaives in 1898 and 1908 and the N.D. Senate in 1900. He later lived at Owatonna, Minnesota and died in 1955.