Dear County Agent Guy:
Gilbert Nelson left Norway in 1864 and settled in Ettrick, WI. He joined the Wisconsin Regulars and served in the Civil War. By 1881, Gilbert and his wife, Anna, had five sons and a daughter. Hoping to carve out a new life in Dakota Territory, the Nelsons loaded everything they owned onto a railcar and headed west. Luck wasn’t on their side. All their possessions, except for the family bible, were…