Dan Morgan, Former DHS Teacher, passed away:

From Judy Morgan: Edgeley, ND

H. DANIEL (DAN) MORGAN

Graveside services for H. Daniel (Dan) Morgan, Edgeley, ND formerly Wishek, ND will be held in the spring at Milnor Lutheran Cemetery, Milnor, ND.

Dan Morgan, son of John and Anna (Schiffner) Morgan was born June 19, 1937 rural Englevale, ND. Dan grew up and attended school and graduated from Lisbon High School. He attended Valley City State University earning a BS in education. Dan was married to Judith Nelson October 8, 1955 at Milnor, ND. Dan taught in several North Dakota schools before moving to Wishek in 1970 where he taught for four years. Dan and Judy owned and operated J’S Gift Shop and Craft Supply in Wishek. He continued to teach throughout North Dakota until 1987 while pursuing graduate work in Physics and Math. Dan also worked for North Dakota School Assemblies and the National School Assemblies. In 2003 they moved to the DJ Ranch west of Edgeley, ND where he continued to live until the time of his death. Dan was a member of St. Luke Lutheran Church at Wishek, ND. Dan will be remembered for the love of his family and friends, teaching and a lifetime love for his horses.

Dan died February 22, 2010 at his home under the care of Prairieview Hospice. He was 72 years old.

Dan is survived by his wife Judy; one son Scott Morgan, Rosholt, SD; three grandchildren; Richard, Abigail and Daniel S.; two sisters, Eva (Wally) Buckmiller, Tonasket, WA; Mary Jane Gullingsrud, Minot, ND; three sisters-in-law, Mavis Morgan, Ottertail, MN; Iris Barta, Moorhead, MN; Marvel Stockstad, Milnor, ND; one brother-in-law, Steven Nelson, Minneapolis, MN; two Godchildren, Susan Morgan, Louisville, KY; JoAnn (Bob) Gray, Atlanta, GA; two aunts, Rita Bachman, Pierce, NE; Marie Bachman, Renton, WA; several nieces, nephews and cousins. He was preceded in death by his son, Richard and infant son Daniel C, an infant daughter, parents, brothers, George and James, step-father Herman Jensen, and five brothers-in-law. Visit www.dahlstromfuneralservice.com to sign online guest book and share memories. Dahlstrom Funeral Home of Wishek ND entrusted with arrangements.

Bottineau Centennial Book:

Request from Kay Hildebrandt (Cousin to the Pritchard’s & Thompson’s):

Gary, Could someone please tell me how I can obtain a copy of the Bottineau Centennial Book? City, historical society, or ? Thanks, Kay Hildebrandt

Kay, I’m sure some of our readers can help you with this request. Folks can order the Dunseith Centennial Book from the Security State Bank in Dunseith or the Log Cabin. Gary

Reply to Ackworth School Picture:

From Florence Hiatt Dahl (50): Anchorage, AK

I went to Ackworth 7 years–those sure look like the windows I looked out of a zillion times. I remember a car went by pulling a horse–the horse died right by the school………………I..remember the anger–even as child–I KNEW the idiot had killed that poor animal..

Reply to Ackworth School Picture:

From Marlys Hiatt (71): Dunseith, ND.

I’m thinking the school could be achworth. I remember there was a bell
and a tree in the same place but much larger. The one thing that is
missing is the big steps on the front but maybe the people are covering
them.

Marlys Hiatt

Reply to Ackworth School Picture:

From Dale Pritchard (63): Leesville, LA

Gary / Mary,

I would say it’s the Ackworth school. It’s position is correct in
relation to the road, it did have a bell, the tree is right although
considerably smaller, and the road seems to be a little higher than the
level of the school which is correct (unlike the Willow Lake school
which was higher than the road). I believe the hill in the distance on
the left was behind Willie Hiatt’s barn. I remember we had a small barn
on the back right of the school lot which wouldn’t show on this picture.
I guess it was a souvenir of when kids rode horses to school. I don’t
remember the tall windows. Maybe it was remodeled somewhat before our
time. Surely all those kids did not go to school there at the same
time. I remember an average 12 – 15 of us back then and, although we
had room to move around, most of the room was used.

Mary, Thanks for sharing the old pictures. I have never seen a lot of
them before now. When moving around as much as I did for so long, one
tends to keep from collecting a lot. But that’s our regret in later
years. Keep ’em coming! We have snow in the forecast again for
tomorrow. If the forecast is right, it will be the 3rd time this year.
Very rare. The usual is once every 3 to 4 years.

Dale

Dale, Florence & Marlys; I so agree with both of you that this is Ackworth. About the time I started school in Ackworth, in 1953, I remember those windows being replaced with shorter windows. I remember all the talk about how much it changed the appearance of the school. Marlys, I remember well those steps being replaced. It was about the time you started school. I know Mrs. Phelps was our teacher at the time. In my day we had an oil burner stove for heat. In the years before my time they had a wood stove. I also remember the barn in the school yard. In my dad’s day, the kids rode their horses to school. Margie Hiatt often talked about how disgusted she was with my dad for eating all the raw eggs that her chickens laid in that barn. Dad loved his raw eggs and burnt toast. Gary

Reply from Trish Larson Wild (73): FORT COLLINS, CO

Hi Gary, Wow. You really went back in the archives for the photo of me on Magic, my gelding. I thought I better send a couple of more recent photos of riding in the Rockies. You asked how many miles a day I could ride. Of course it depends on many factors including terrain, weather, fitness, weight, breed of horse, etc. A common conservative long distance mileage to keep horse and rider sound, fed, healthy and happy is about 25 miles per day, 125 per week, 500 per month. I think I can do a bit better than that on the route to North Dakota, for a number of reasons. Therefore, if I’m going to do it, I would like to leave by April 1, which doesn’t leave much time because I’m already committed to travel to Costa Rica from March 3 to 9. I’m heading down to that beautiful country to further develop some contacts and scope out my future route through the rain forest and swamplands of the north. I don’t know if I can pull everything together in time to make the trip to North Dakota, but I am going to try. It all depends on how quickly my website comes together and sponsors come on board. I have been encouraged by the feedback, invitations, and interest from your readers, so I’m hopeful it will all work out. Mainly, I’d like to do it because I think it would be fun and a good challenge. I’m off work in the ER the next two days, and I’m hoping to get my website up. With some luck and elbow grease, I think I can get it done – or at least get a good start. Does anybody out there know a good web marketing consultant? In the meantime, here’s a link to a website I developed for people interested in losing weight. I lost 40 pounds this past year and so many people asked me how I did it, so I just made a website that tells the story. The reason I’m sharing it is because there is a good photo of my Morgan mare, Miss Maggie on there. If I make the reunion, I will be riding her most of the way. She is the bomb! Plus, there is info on healthy weight loss, which might be interesting to people. The system I used is called a Raw Food Diet, which is healthy and was easy for me to follow, Anyhow, for anyone interested, the link is livingarawfoodslife.blogspot.com. Well better call it a night! Big Thanks to everyone who has written to me to offer encouragement. I need all the help I can get! By the way Gary, I am texting all this on my iPhone so please feel free to correct any typos you might notice. Not that I worry any of my former teachers might be reading this or anything (lol). To finish up, here’s another timely quote from my heroine, Amelia Earhart: .”