Peter Horne was born in Sänder Lund, Norway, January 12, 1870. Sophia was born in Roijkevik, Norway, April 7, 1873. They were married in Norway and while there Peter's occupation was floating logs on the Rands Fjord. They came to America in 1902 with three children:
Gina, Anna Marie, and Olga. Gina, the oldest became ill and passed away soon after their arrival in the United States
Peter began working for Iver Udgaard in Lenora Township soon after they arrived in Cooperstown, North Dakota In 1903 he rented a farm from Gudmundson, there Martin, Gina and Dora were born. He farmed this place for 5 years. In 1907 Peter Horne staked a claim on the NW quarter of Section 25, with a shanty on it. He lived there six months and had a new house built on the property, moving his family there in September of 1908. Here Jennie, Esther, Ruth, and Alice were born.
One winter day, Peter Horne went to town for coal, a bad blizzard blew up. A neighbor stopped by to comfort Mrs. Horne, by telling her that Peter would not make it home in this storm. But he did. This storm lasted several days. When the sun finally came out, a couple of neighbors said they could not see Nels Torgerson's house, so they took a team and road scraper and before they realized where the house was they had driven the team over the house. The snow was packed so hard, horses stayed on top.
Peter Horne lived 7 miles from the Romness M. E. Church they attended and it took 1 hour one way with horses and a buggy. He went twice on Sunday. A full day, which was hard on the horses since they worked in the field all the other days.
In 1917 the Ford salesman came and told Peter Horne, a carload of Fords had just arrived in Aneta. He persuaded Mr. Horne to go along into town and sure enough Mr. Horne came back home driving a brand new Ford. Now the horses could rest on Sundays and they could go to church in style. Two years later, a second Ford was felt needed to take the Horne family of eleven to Church. In the early days cars were a real scare to the horses.
Maria is married to Iver Amundson from this area, and they live at White Salmon, Washington. Olga is married to Ben Becker and live at Beaver, Oregon. Martin and his wife Esther live at Nampa, Idaho. Gina, Dora and Ruth are single, live at Portland, Oregon. Jennie is married to James Becker and live at Aloha, Oregon. Esther a retired nurse, and Alice married to Harold Keller live in Nampa, Idaho.
Source: Griggs County History 1879 - 1976 Page 341