Louisiana Purchase and Controversies 1803-1819
LOUISIANA was first visited by La Salle, who discovered the mouth of the Mississippi (1691), and took possession of the country in the name of Louis, King of France. Settlements were soon afterwards formed. In 1712 Louis XIV. named the region Louisiana, in honor of himself. The French remained in possession until 1762, when they ceded it to Spain. In 1800 it was retroceded to France, and in 1803 it was bought from the latter by the United States for $15,000,000 by the Louisiana Purchase. The American flag was first raised in New Orleans on Dec. 20, 1803. In 1804 the territory was divided into two governments—namely, "Territory of Orleans " and " District of Louisiana."

The offical United States flag used during the Orleans Territory time period. The 15 striped flags were used from 1794 to 1818.

The bulk of the people in the Renner community were from the Trondheim area in Norway. They called themselves "Tronders".

1876 Certificate of Naturalization issued at Minnehaha county in the Territory of Dakota, Sivert Berg became a citizen of the U.S. 100 years after the birth of our nation.

Mapleton Township
Mailing address was Republican for most of the township untill the railroad changed it to Renner in 1898

South Dakota ag

1877 Sivert Berg's homestead pre-emption claim stating he planted 600 trees, dug a well, built two houses(one probably sod), a stable, and lived there for 7 years on Sec 29 of Mapleton Township 2 miles S/W of Renner. Witnessed by Paul Brende, & Erick Johnson.

Ole & Marie Gunderson farmed a mile N/W of Renner.

Robert Peterson aka Roulf Evjen. They changed the name because Evjen was hard to prounounce by his neighbors.

1878 homestead certifict of Sivert Bergs 180 acres along the West side of the Big Sioux River.

John Alfred Erickson(Eriksen) Cir 1880
B.8/9/1874-d.3/9/1929
Son of Erik Pettersen & Ingeborg Skei

Minnehaha Poor Farm
3 miles south of Renner

John Albert & Karen(Berg) Erickson Wedding
Sept 14, 1895

Andrew & Ellen Brende children 1897
front:Mary, Alma, Minnie, Pete.
back: Ida & Emma

Tosten O. & Ingeborg Nessan 1901
Homesteaded sec.4, a mile north of Renner.

Ole Pedersen Schjodt b.1859-d.1943
Maria (Jensdatter Berg) Schjodt b.1862-d.1945.

Jens Siverson & Ellen Estensdatter Volden Berg Homesteaded here in 1868.
Both born in Mwraker Norway.
Ellen died in 1912. Jens b.5/29/1837-d.12/27/1902

Jens Berg Family Circ. 1875
Left: Carrie (Karen Soline), Maria [top]
wife Ellen Estensdatter Volden Berg,
and Jens Sivertsen Berg. Carrie S. Berg, died Jan 1880 of diphtheria at the age of 10.

Sivert S. & Guro Berg
b.1823-d.1904 b.1835-d.1909
The Berg's homsteaded just south of Renner area in 1869

Sivert Berg's 1890 timber claim. This land is now on the N/E corner of Interstates 90 & 29 crossing.

Sivert & Guro Berg
The Bergs homsteaded just south of Renner area in 1869

Sievert Berg holding his Grandson's Maurice & Sievert E. Erickson
1898

Rolluf(Robert) & Ingeborg Evjen(Peterson)
In 1869 They built a log cabin and homesteaded land west of Renner 1 mile.

Nils Fosmoe 2

Paul T. & Ingeborg Kvernmoe
Homesteaded 320 acres S/W of Renner in 1869

Paul & Martha Brende
Brende's lived south of Renner on Sec #21. A horse kick to the face cost him an eye.

Ole T. & Ingeborg Aspaas
They homesteaded land about a mile N/W of Renner.

N. N. Nelson 2

Ole O. & Marit(Melkil) Eggen In 1871 they homesteaded on land 2 miles north of Renner.

Martin & Ella Pederson
1880 wedding

Ole O. & Anne Gilseth
In 1866 the took homestead on sec. 5, just north of Renner.

Jonas O. & Anne Nessan
1868 was the year for these folks to homestead on the same section Renner is located.

Ivar & Beret Krogstad
Section 5 of Mapleton,just N/W of Renner is where they homesteaded in 1868.

Andrew P.& Mollie Brende family
Brende's farmed 360 acres just south of Renner

Mail delivery to the Republican post office

Ist Infantry, SD National guard 1887

Ole Gundersons Mapleton

There are 2 trained bears on this picture of Ole Gunderson's in Mapleton About 2 miles WNW of Renner

Nessan family

Leonard Renner born in Germany and was a NCO in the Civil War. He owned almost 1000 acres by 1900