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Frank White farm, Sanborn, N.D.
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| Title | Frank White farm, Sanborn, N.D. |
| Date of Original | no earlier than 1880 |
| Creator | Fisher and Company, photographers
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| Creator Role | Photographers |
| Description | View of people working and threshing on Frank White's farm Southwest of Valley City, N.D. Three women stand near the tractor which is on the right. A wagon of hay is in the center, and a large pile of hay is on the left. There are men, horses and carts as well as agricultural machinery working. In the background on the right are farm buildings and a barn. |
| General Subject | Agriculture
Work Life
People
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Farms
Tractors
People
Agricultural productivity
Agricultural laborers
Buildings
Barns
Horses
People
Men
Women
Carts & wagons
Hay
Threshing
Threshing machines
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| Personal Name | White, Frank, 1856-1940
White, Elsie Hadley
Noecker, Leo Ernest, 1836-1916
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| Location | Sanborn (N.D.)
Barnes County (N.D.)
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| Decade | 1880-1889
1890-1899
1900-1909
1910-1919
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| Item Number | BC19 |
| Format of Original | Photographic prints
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| Dimensions of Original | 21 x 26 cm. |
| Publisher of Original | Fisher & Co. Photo
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| Place of Publication | Valley City (N.D.)
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| Transcription | "Leo E. Noecker, Chas Knight, Ottillie and Florence, Mrs. White, Frank White." And "089.005.001"--Handwritten on back of photograph.
"Fisher & Co., Portrait and landscape, Photographers, Enlarging A specialty, Valley City, North Dakota"--Printed on back of photograph.
"Frank White farm S.W. of Valley City, N.D." and "Noecker and Knight, Threshing Outfit, Sanborn, N.D."--Handwritten on front of photograph. |
| Notes | Title created by staff. |
| Biography/History | Leo Ernest Noecker, Sr. was born in Western Prussia in 1836. He came to Canada with his parents in 1843, when he was 7 years old. In 1868, Leo was married in Canada to Mrs. Amelia Kuehn Rebscher, a widow with two small children. Leo and Amelia homesteaded in Potter Township, Barnes County, Dakota Territory in 1879, on what is now the Earl Noecker farm home, one mile south of Sanborn, North Dakota. Leo and Amelia had eight children. Leo, Sr. became one of the most active farmers in the community development as well as one of the most outstanding farmers in Western Barnes County. Leo Sr. died in 1916.
Colonel Frank White, born in 1856 in Stillman Valley, IL. The son of Jasuah White, he was educated in the public schools and received in civil engineering from the University of Illinois in 1880. Frank was sent to Valley City by his father to look after some property his father had acquired. Liking the country and the fine hunting he opened a surveyor's office in that city. Some months later, due to his reputation in the community, he was nominated for the State Legislature on the Republican ticket and was elected. Elsie Hadley, the daughter of Artemis Hadley, arrived in Valley City to teach mathematics at the new Normal School. She lodged and boarded at the same as Frank White. In 1894 they were married. One son, Edwin Lee White, was born July 5, 1896. Frank White joined the local National Guard unit and was elected Captain. When the Spanish-American War broke out Frank was a Major was selected to command the ND Guard sent to the war.
Upon returning from war he was nominated for Governor and was elected in 1900 and 1902. He returned to organize the Middlewest Trust Company in Valley City. With the advent of World War I Frank White was commissioned a Colonel and he served in France. Upon returning to private life he was appointed in 1921 Treasurer of the United States in which position he served until 1928. |
| Bibliographic Reference | Information from page 176 in Barnes County History, Barnes County, North Dakota. Printed by Taylor Publishing Company, 1976. |
| Repository Institution | Barnes County Historical Society
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| Repository Collection | Barnes County Historical Society Photograph Collection
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| Credit Line | Barnes County Historical Society (BC19) |
| Rights Management | Copyright status unknown.
Owned by Barnes County Historical Society. |
| Ordering Information | Barnes County Historical Society address:
315 Central Ave. N.
Valley City, ND 58072
Phone number: 701-845-0966
Fax: 701-845-4282
Email: bchistoricalsociety@hotmail.com |
| Grant | NHPRC SNAP Grant 2008-2009, NAR08-RC-10021-08 |
| Digital ID | dmBC19 |
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