Pederson, Thomas]]> Holmen (Wis.)]]> Alexandria (Minn.)]]> Farm life]]>
Pederson was born 1862 near Holmen, La Crosse co., Wis. To parents born in Norway. He gives a vivid picture of life as he was growing up. When 16 he went to Alexandria, Minn. To live with relatives there a few years. He tells of working in the pineries. In 1886 he married, and the next year pioneered in North Dakota, then worked as a merchant in Hendrum, and later (for 23 years) at Randall. In 1906 he began working for a mining company, getting options on land throughout the state. He later moved to Mildred and became involved in politics in Cass county. In 1933 he was appointed a member of the farm debt adjustment committee.]]> Pederson, Thomas]]>