Great-Grandpa Grizzly Rep. E. W. Everson

Great-Grandpa Grizzly it turns out brought the NPL leadership of the socialistic experiment in North Dakota to its knees. He paid a heavy price weathering the Townley Tornado that is only saved for those of the flock that awake and finds their GRIZZLY.

He was “the original insurgent” who demanded representation in the NPL leadership and an elected not self appointed leadership. But, we can get into this fun stuff later.

We will enjoy together the battle and Media Bias of the early 1900’s. At least back then, the newspapers were pretty upfront about their own bias. Today, they all lean one way and it is just not RIGHT! That is why “THE GRIZZLY” has awoken in my blood and is calling me to stand up, let other conservative Republicans know what is needed and then, together we can create a GRIZZLY GROUNDSWELL that will set the political prairie landscape a blaze once again.

I believe when my Great-Grandfather laid down his last labored breath he thought he crippled Socialism in America and especially North Dakota for good. In reality he did, but this socialistic demon is back and trying to defeat us from within while others are trying to defeat us from without. The socialistic squirrels are bigger and well funded with all their nuts. However, they have been beaten before by a man I like to call “Great-Grandpa Grizzly”. America was created by “Boomers” like my Great Grandpa Grizzly and I am will be damned if I will let the socialist squirrels take that away from your children and even my own if I am so blessed.

The following excerpt is from:

http://www.webfamilytree.com/Hannaford_Centennial/everson,_evan_and_betsy.htm

Evan W. Everson was born in East Toten, Norway, April 29, 1857, one of nine children born to Andrew (1826-1892) and Johanna (1828-1904) Everson. At the age of nine he came to America with his father. He was on his own, working for his board and room and going to school when he could. His father worked to pay for their passage, and to make enough to bring the rest of his family over.

Being right after the Civil War, times were hard. At the age of 23, Evan came to Dakota Territory. He worked as a cook on the railway around Mapleton. He filed on the first homestead in Greenfield Township in 1890.Evan met Betsy, who came from Norway with her brother, Martin. Betsy worked in a hotel in Sanborn. In 1884, he sold his claim and returned to Riverfalls, Wisconsin, where his family had settled and he and Betsy were married.

They returned to Walum Community in 1892, where Julia, Edwin, Benton, Myrtle and Axle were born. Later adopting Helen. Betsy’s father came to Walum Community in 1888, and filed a claim which Evan moved on to in 1894. In 1922, he moved into Walum.

He served three terms in the State Legislature, 1912, 1914 and 1916, representing the 16th District, Griggs and Steele counties. Always a Republican, he joined the Non-Partisan League. Later he fought the League when he disagreed with Townley and other leaders of the movement. He organized the Independent Voters Assn., became the first president and served for several years.

From 1923-1928, he operated a General Store in partnership with his son-in-law, Oscar Gilbertson. He passed away in 1931. Betsy moved to Kalispel, where she lived with her daughter, Adeline until her death in 1944, at the age of 82.

Source: Hannaford Area History North Dakota Centennial 1889 – 1989 Page 109

In the following posts we will be fleshing out the inspiration behind the GRIZZLY GROUNDSWELL, E. W. Everson. We will ask the questions that need to be asked.

• Why was this great American wrote out of all North Dakota History?
• Why did Rep. E. W. Everson stand in the eye of the Townley Tornado and demand an end to the socialistic madness of the NPL?
• How does a man face such adversity and still press on until the job is done?
• Will I awake the Grizzly in you?

We will dive deep into the archives and bias media record; ask various experts and political figures for their two cents and yours as well.

I pray your Grizzly is awake and you are inspired to begin with me the quest to obtain and convey, conservative thought and action as a Grizzly Groundswell is about to swell out of your back yard and into the political landscape of your area.

Now let them hear your Grizzly Growl as you join in the Grizzly Groundswell!