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| Title | Bert Rock and Dan Beerwagon with road equipment, Grant County, N.D. |
| Date of Original | 1931 or 1932 |
| Description | Bert Rock operates the Cat machine while Dan Beerwagon operates the blade on this Grant County road grading outfit. A large building is visible behind the men and machines. |
| Ordering Information | http://history.nd.gov/archives/whatphotos.html |
| General Subject | People
Transportation
Work Life
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| Subject (LCTGM) | Road construction
Graders (Earthmoving machinery)
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| Personal Name | Rock, Bert
Beerwagon, Dan
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| Location | Grant County (N.D.)
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| Decade | 1930-1939
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| Item Number | 00032-GT-02-17 |
| Format of Original | Photographic prints
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| Notes | Photographer unknown.
Title created by staff. |
| Biography/History | Bert Rock was born in 1885 in Wheatland, Ill. His father Henry moved the family to the Heil, N.D. area. Bert Rock married Louise Lehner in 1917. Bert managed the light plant in Leith for a while after their marriage, but they later moved back to farm on the family homestead near Heil. |
| Bibliographic Reference | Prairie pioneers of Grant County, N.D. Carson, N.D.: Grant County Historical Society, 1976. p. 129 |
| Repository Institution | State Historical Society of North Dakota
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| Repository Collection | Oral History Project Photograph Collection 00032
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| Credit Line | State Historical Society of North Dakota (00032-GT-02-17) |
| Rights Management | Copyright status unknown. |
| Digital ID | sh00032GT0217 |
