Ancher Nelsen and Rural Electrification
Ancher Nelsen was born to Danish parents in 1902 near Buffalo Lake. Nelsen attended elementary school in Brownton, Minnesota, and graduated from Brownton High School in 1923. In 1924 he began operation of his 280-acre diversified farm at Hutchinson, McLeod County. In 1929 he married Ilo Zimmerman of Brownton; they had three children. Nelson was [...]
