Born in Dane County, Wisconsin, on October 20th, 1857, Charles N. Herreid graduated from Galesville College and in 1882 from the Law School of the University of Wisconsin, then came to Leola in McPherson County, Dakota. At the organizational meeting of McPherson County on March 6th, 1884, he was elected Register of Deeds and County Clerk. He and his wife, Jeanette E. Slye, were among the first residents of Leola, where he practiced law until 1893, when he moved to Eureka. He was elected Lieutenant Governor in 1892 and again in 1894, served as a Regent of Education from 1897 to 1901, and was elected Governor in 1900. His sponsorship of the State Historical Society was a great factor in its becoming a State Department. At the close of his term in 1904, he went to Aberdeen, where he was president of the Citizens State Bank and of the Street Railway Company and remained a leading citizen until his death there on July 6th, 1928. By faith a Presbyterian, he was a Thirty third degree Mason, served as Food Administrator for South Dakota during World War I, and was noted for his fine diction, his love of man, and his life as an outdoor sportsman and traveler of note. He also did much for Eureka during his 11 years as a resident.