Bicentennial Story #151-Mr & Mrs Fred Altenburg, Belfield

Bicentennial Story #151-Mr & Mrs Fred Altenburg, Belfield

Story of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Altenburg.

11/27/1975

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audio reel, analog, 1/4 inch polyester tape

English

BS-151

Belfield, ND

Copyright Stark County Historical Society and Dickinson Museum Center

Mr. and Mrs. Fred Altenburg moved to Belfield in March 1909. They had two small children, Herbert age 3 and Ruth age 1. Fred came here to manage the Sentinel Butte Saddlery Co. shop. He managed this shop until the company sold out to him in 1920. Mrs. Altenburg and the children spent a number of summers in their homestead west of Medora. They made the trip between Belfield and Medora with a single horse and buggy on the "Old Red Trail". Fred served on the city council, on the school board, was Chief of the Volunteer Fire Dept. and was city judge during his retirement years. He sold his shop in 1946 and passed away in 1958 at the age 83. Mrs. Altenburg is a very active member of the Belfield Senior Citizen's Activity Club at the age of 88. She enjoys doing crocheting, quilting and embroidery work.

This is Bicentennial Story No. 151, prepared for the Stark County Historical Society.

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1970 1979

Bicentennial tape #8, Bicentennial stories 130-151