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CLAY COUNTY ILLUSTRATED 



Farmstead of E. 0. Peterson, One of the Pioneers of Parke Township 



ested in the general affairs of the local- 

 ity and is a stockholder in the state 

 banks at Sabin and Baker. 



one of the stockholders of the Hawley 

 State Bank. 



Even 0. Peterson located in Parke 

 township in the early eighties, coming 

 from Wisconsin, where he learned the 

 trade of a miller. He has been one of 

 the leading farmers of the southeast- 

 ern part of the county during his 32 

 years' residence. General farming and 

 dairying is Mr. Peterson's system, and 

 a visit to his 290-acre farm will con- 

 vince any one that he has been success- 

 ful. His farmstead is well located and 

 conveniently arranged. The buildings 

 are ample and are well protected by a 

 fine grove. A long range view of the 

 farmstead is shown in the accompany- 

 ing illustration. 



Besides taking an active and leading 

 part in the affairs of his community, 

 Mr. Peterson is president of the Haw- 

 ley Farmers' Elevator Company and 



Victor Johnson arrived in Clay Coun- 

 ty on New Year's day, 1903, from his 

 former home in Illinois. At that time 

 the only improvement on the west half 

 of section 15 in Oakport township was 

 the turning over of the sod. Mr. John- 

 json has prospered, and the illustration 

 shows the fine farmstead of "Oakport 

 Center Farm," four miles north of 

 Moorhead. 



Mr. Johnson has grown corn suc- 

 cessfully since he began farming in 

 Clay County. He is a general farmer, 

 diversifies his crops and keeps his land 

 in good condition. His cattle are Hol- 

 stein grades and are being bred up, a 

 full-blood bull heading the herd. 



Mr. Johnson is president of the Oak- 

 port & Kragnes Telephone Company, 

 and has taken a leading part in all the 

 affairs of the community. 



'Oakport Center Farm" — Home of Victor Johnson 



