Innovative Entrepreneurs of North Dakota and Northwest Minnesota: 150 Years of Impact!
- 11h 46m 27s
- Bruce Gjovig, Hiram Drache
- Blackstone Audio, Inc. dba Blackstone Publishing
- 2023
Dr. Hiram Drache and Bruce Gjovig, two experts on agriculture history and innovation and entrepreneurs, have published a book about the impact of innovative entrepreneurs in North Dakota and Northwest Minnesota during the past 150 years.
This book profiles seventy-six successful regional entrepreneurs in sixty-five chapters covering the Dalrymple Bonanza farm of the 1870s to today’s technology innovators.
The foreword was written by former North Dakota First Lady Betsy Dalrymple.
About the Author
Hiram M. Drache (1924–2020) served in the US Air Force as a combat navigator on bombing missions in the European Theater of Operations of World War II. He then earned degrees at Gustavus Adolphus College, the University of Minnesota, and the University of North Dakota. In 1991, Drache became Historian in Residence at Concordia College. He contributed to several books and wrote more than fifty articles, chiefly on contemporary agriculture and/or agricultural history, leading to a speaking career with over one thousand engagements in thirty-six US states, Canada, Australia, Germany, and Norway.
Bruce Gjovig is CEO Emeritus, entrepreneur coach, and founder of the UND Center for Innovation Foundation, a program focused on innovation, entrepreneurship, private investment, and the entrepreneur ecosystem. Launched in 1984, under his leadership the Foundation became one of the premier venture development organizations in the world. In 2008, Gjovig was presented with the Knight of the First Class, Royal Norwegian Order of Merit by HM King Harald V of Norway. In 2014 he was presented the Ronald Reagan Award by CPAC for his thirty years of promoting free enterprise, innovation, and entrepreneurship. In 2019, Gjovig, along with the late Dr. Hiram Drache, published Innovative Entrepreneurs of North Dakota and Northwest Minnesota: 150 Years of Impact! Gjovig is a native of Crosby, North Dakota, and has two degrees from the University of North Dakota.
In this Audiobook
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Introduction by Hiram Drake
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Chapter 1 - Oliver Dalrymple the Bonanza Farm 1876
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Chapter 2 - EW and HF Chafee Amenia and Sharon Land Company 1876
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Chapter 3 - Fannie Mahood Heath, Dakota Flower Woman 1881
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Chapter 4 - John Russell and Arthur Miller, Russell Miller Milling Company 1882
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Chapter 5 - David Houston, Kodak Camera Inventor 1884
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Chapter 6 - Oscar and George Will Oscar H Will and Company 1884
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Chapter 7 - Fred Nash, Nash Finch 1885
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Chapter 8 - Charles H Robinson CH Robinson Company 1898
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Chapter 9 - Earl Babcock 1890, American Crystal Sugar 1926
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Chapter 10 - George Bull Cream of Wheat 1897
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Chapter 11 - Adam Chef Chefs Angus Valley 1902
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Chapter 12 - Herman Stern Strauss Company 1903
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Chapter 13 - Charles Weigel, Hebron Brick Company 1904
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Chapter 14 - Thomas D Campbell Junior Wheat King 1905
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Chapter 15 - Andrew Johnston, Triple V Ranch 1906
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Chapter 16 - Roy Russell 1915, Bill Russell 1941, Don Russell 1972, TJ Russell 2000, Scott Russell 2016
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Chapter 17 - Earl Branick 1917, Dwayne Brosh 1968 Branick Industries
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Chapter 18 - August Hoger, Good Samaritan Homes 1922
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Chapter 19 - Fred Cantu 1938 Lutheran Hospitals and Homes
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Chapter 20 - RM Heskett, 1924 Montana Dakota Utilities
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Chapter 21 - Burt Gamble, Gamble Skogmo 1925
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Chapter 22 - Lester Harts, Harts Foods 1927
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Chapter 23 - Harris Baukol, Baukol Noonan Coal Company 1929
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Chapter 24 - Larry Brown 1934, Russ Brown 1978, Randy Brown 1995 AGZCO
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Chapter 25 - Frederick Jones, Thermo King 1938
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Chapter 26 - Robert Stangler 1939, North Dakota Mill and Elevator
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Chapter 27 - Bob and Jean Kisel, Home of Economy 1939
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Chapter 28 - Andrew Freeman 1939, Minnkota Power Cooperative
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Chapter 29 - Harold Schaefer, Gold Seal and Medora 1942
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Chapter 30 - Edgar Hatin and David Johnson 1945 Polaris and Arctic Cat
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Chapter 31 - Buck Snort land 1946, Richard Solberg 1982, Michael Solberg 2014 Bell Bank
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Chapter 32 - EG Melrose, Melrose Manufacturing 1947
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Chapter 33 - George and Daniel Coleman, Acme Tools 1948
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Chapter 34 - Harold Bangert American Life 1949, Statesman Group ESOP 1970
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Chapter 35 - Eugene Dahl, Melrose Bobcat 1950, Steiger Tractor 1969
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Chapter 36 - Thomas W Leach, North American Royalties 1951
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Chapter 37 - Ed Sharma, Wahpeton Canvas Company, WCCO 1954
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Chapter 38 - Anton Helbling, LNH Manufacturing 1954
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Chapter 39 - Douglas Steiger, Steiger Tractor 1957
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Chapter 40 - Norman Skalicky, Steers Financial 1964
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Chapter 41 - Kenny Nelson, Tuffy's Barrel of Fun, Kale and Enterprises 1964
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Chapter 42 - Ronde Offit Rd Offit Farms and RDO 1964
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Chapter 43 - Sherman Quebec, Will Rich 1965
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Chapter 44 - Bill Ness, ARTCO Arctic Cat 1967
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Chapter 45 - Norman Jones Metropolitan Financial 1967
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Chapter 46 - Greg Halverson, Black Gold Farms 1971
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Chapter 47 - Ron Stordahl, PhD Digi Key 1972
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Chapter 48 - Gerald Byers ABC Seamless 1973
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Chapter 49 - Paul Steffes, Steffes Corp Steffes ETS 1973
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Chapter 50 - Ron Bergen Fargo Assembly Company 1975
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Chapter 51 - J Schuler, SIDCO Research Seeds 2000 Giant Seeds 1976
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Chapter 52 - Howard and Brian Dahl, Concord Amity Technology 1977
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Chapter 53 - Tom Campbell, Campbell Farms 1977 Choice Banks 2001
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Chapter 54 - Barry Bachelor Phoenix Arpaio, Intelligent Agricultural Solutions 1977
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Chapter 55 - Patrick Sweeney, Weather Modification 1978 Fargo Jet Center 1995
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Chapter 56 - Gary Tharaldson, Tharaldson Motels Inc 1982, Tharaldson Ethanol 2006
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Chapter 57 - Doug Burgum, Great Plains Software 1983
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Chapter 58 - Darlene Jackson Hanson Fisher Flying Products 1987
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Chapter 59 - Robert Thornburgh, Harvest Fuel 1991
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Chapter 60 - Jack Dalrymple and Tim Dodd, Dakota Growers 1991
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Chapter 61 - Phil GC Edgewood Group 1994
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Chapter 62 - Jill Blashack Strahan Tastefully Simple 1995
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Chapter 63 - Michael Chambers Aldevron 1998
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Chapter 64 - Kari Warberg Block Earthkind Inc 2000
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Afterward: Bruce Gjovig, Grand Forks ND
