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Van Lishouts preserve homestead for future generations

By SUE ROESLER, Farm & Ranch Guide
Oct 26, 2007
Oct 26, 2007

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By SUE ROESLER, Farm & Ranch Guide

MOTT, N.D. - The original home that Nelson Van Lishout built on land he homesteaded in the early 1900s north of Mott still exists today.

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