Pioneers in Dakota





Stories from the 1880s and 1890s,
by Theodore C. Bean and Alma C. Lidstrom

Background information and layout
by great-grandson Robert J. Neff
Christmas 2000

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Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• About Glen Ullin and its Surroundings
• Theodore Clyde Bean, and the Bean/Broadwell Family
• Pioneer Dakotah Days, by Theodore C. Bean
  • Moving to North Dakota
  • Visiting
  • School and Herding
  • Moving to Antelope Ranch
  • The Indian Scare
  • The Blizzard of 1888
  • Making a Living
  • Dealing with Indians
  • Prairie Fires
  • Wolves
  • The Sheep Shearers
  • Winter of 1896-97
• Alma Christina Lidstrom, and Lidstrom Family
• Pioneer Days in Dakota, by Alma C. Bean Lidstrom
  • Introduction to the Family
  • The Big Indian Scare
  • Lost Lambs
  • Cleaning House
  • The Sand Pile
  • The Runaway
  • Picnics
  • The Valentine
• Follow-up
  • Overview of Bean & Lidstrom Families
  • Pictures
  • Sources

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