Jacob and Sigrid Olsberg came to Barnes County in 1885 with their six children; Johanna, Rasmus, Oliva, Knut, Sarah and Anna. Johanna was twenty years old and Anna but one year old. The family were all born in Kvikne, Norway.

Jacob bought railroad land three fourths of a mile from what was later Kathryn. A large two-story house was built, later a barn. Spring water was available and Sigrid had a "spring house" built where the milk and cream were kept cool.

The Andrew Mahlum family lived at what is now Kathryn, and the families visited back and forth. Mrs. Melvin Olson, then Dena Mahlum, remembers visiting the Olsberg farm and how Grandpa Jacob Olsberg or Grandma Sigrid Olsberg, would read Bible history to her in a favorite place in the garden.

Jacob Olsberg died in 1901 and Sigrid in 1910. All the sons and daughters are also deceased.

Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 181