Within short distance of this hill of peace, eleven original pioneer families came in 1873 to claim the land and to give us birth: Johannes E. Berdahl, Mrs. Lars Brandvold, C. O. Henjum, Synneve Henjum, Thor Hermanson, Olaus Jenson, Johannes Loftesness, Mrs. Margaret Powers, Allen Powers, John Powers, Herman Wangsness, and William Tobin.