Photocopy of an article published serially in the Grand Forks herald. It contains the life of Karen (Erickson) Bakke, who settled in the Goose River Valley, Traill County, N.D. in 1871 with her Norwegian immigrant parents, Ole and Christiana Erickson. Includes mention of her early life in Wisconsin, moving to Mayville, N.D., living at Ft. Abraham Lincoln with her sister Emily, General Custer and his troops at Ft. Abraham Lincoln, meeting her husband, Ole Bakke, their wedding preparations, acting as a midwife, farm life, threshing, hailstorms, the decline of Ole's health, the births and deaths of her children, the change in farming from horse power to machine power, their move to Hillsboro, N.D., her old age, and refusal of the undertaker to use the hearse at her funeral. Also includes Bakke's obituary and article on Dear.