It isn't easy to visualize the area in and around Hannaford in 1879, and the years following when government surveyors came into the area and were followed by the first settlers, but we must try to picture in our mind's eye a view of the countryside then as compared to 1976.  What was to become Wheatland and later Greenfield Township was surveyed in November 1879.  The surveyors noted there were a few trees along the creek and a little brush.  When we stop to notice the creek even today, there aren't many, if any, trees along its bank, but the countryside has taken on a whole new face due to the continuous efforts of the people through the years.  Notice the lack of trees on the early picture of Hannaford.  How hot it must have been in the summer and how cold in the winter without tree protection.  The dusty or muddy roads over which the early settlers traveled and which started out as trails are also hard to fully picture.  Immigration into the area really began in 1881.

The first post office in the area was called the Montclair Post Office and was located 4 1/2  miles northwest of the present Hannaford in the Southwest corner of Section 20-145-59, according to an early map.  One account states that the name Montclair was a composite name - the last syllable of Sinclair and “mont” for hill.  Another account says it was probably imported from Scotland by the Sinclairs.  The Sinclairs owned the land in that area and Montclair overlooked Bald Hill Creek.  The Montclair Post Office was established July 11, 1882, with Archibald M. Sinclair as postmaster.  Montclair was also the name of the township.  This was changed to Bald Hill Township in 1888.

The Cooper Brothers, bonanza farmers around Cooperstown, harvested their first crop in 1881.  They felt a great need for a railroad in the area and worked to make this a reality.  The Sanborn, Cooperstown and Turtle Mountain Railroad, a branch off the Northern Pacific at Sanborn, reached a point midway between Dazey and Hannaford in 1882.  During the summer of 1883, it was completed through Hannaford and reached Cooperstown on August 27, 1883.  This was as far as it was to go until 1899.

In July 1883, the Cooperstown Courier reported that two new towns were to be platted between Sanborn and Cooperstown, one at "Daisy's" and the other on Bald Creek, by the railroad.  In August they reported these towns were platted and on the market.  Hannaford was named for J. M. Hannaford of St. Paul, who started as chief clerk in the general freight office of the Northern Pacific Railway and eventually became president and chairman of the board.  Mr. Hannaford came through on the railroad on several occasions and died in 1934.

Andrew Langdon owned much of the land on which Hannaford was located.  He and his son, W. C. Langdon, who was called Chancey, came from Buffalo, New York.  At one time they owned eight sections of land in the area.  They called their farmstead, Wallow Hill Farm.  It was located in Section 7-144-59 of Greenfield Township where Lester Steiners live today.  A foreman was in charge of the farming operation and the Langdons would spend their winters in the east.  Chancey also attended the Agricultural College in Fargo.

The first Wheatland School District was outlined by the County Commissioners in March 1883.  It was made up of parts of Sverdrup, Broadview, Bald Hill and all of Wheatland Townships.  For the first election of school township officers the polling place was the house of Joseph Downing and the judges were Charley Nelson, S. B. Merryman, and John G. Mills.  The first schoolhouse for the children in the Hannaford area was built in May 1884, on the Merryman land.  It was located on the southeast corner of 6-144-59 which is the west edge of Hannaford today - the Louis Larson farm.  Hannah Martin Roberts, Lottie Riley and Belle Merryman were the first teachers.  School was held for only short periods in the summer and the teacher received $30 a month.

The telegraph line was completed in the fall of 1883, and a loading platform erected so grain could be hauled in sacks up to the tracks and loaded into box cars.  The year 1883, saw most of the homesteads in the area around Hannaford taken up.  These men and women came in most cases with nothing more than two strong arms and a determination to make a home for their loved ones.  All they asked was a piece of land and a long day to work in.  This they got.

Wheat was king in the early days.  With four oxen the pioneer turned the sod and in the early spring would sow his fields with wheat.  A small strip was reserved for oats to raise feed for his oxen or horses.  In December 1883, the Cooperstown Courier reported the cost of raising wheat per acre in Griggs County.  They said the first year, the breaking would cost $3.00, the backsetting from $1.50 to $2.00, harrowing and seeding $.75, seed wheat (1 1/2 bushels) $1.50, and harvesting and threshing $3.25 for a total cost of $10.50 per acre.  Each succeeding season it would cost $3.00 less.  Crops averaged 20-30 bushels and would safely bring $.90 at threshing, giving the farmer $18-$27 per acre for his crop or a profit of from $7.50-$17.50 per acre cultivated with $3.00 more each following year.

Early in 1884, the first building was erected in Hannaford by the Lenham Brothers of Sanborn.  It was a small shack west of the track and was used for storing grain.  When it blew down it was replaced by the Cargill Elevator which was a flat warehouse.  The railroad erected a water tank at Bald Hill Creek to supply water for the trains in 1884.  Bridges were erected across Bald Hill Creek in Section 33 and 29 of Montclair Township.  Citizens were beginning to petition for roads that year, too.  The first road began at the Barnes County line at the southwest corner of 32-144-59 and followed the section line (the Cooper Trail) to the northeast corner of 6-144-59.  It then went in a northeasterly direction to the northwest corner of 34-145-59, due north to the north boundary of Wheatland School Township diagonally across 15-145-59 to the northwest corner of 14, due north on the section line to the northwest corner of 26-146-59.

By the end of 1885, the Lenham warehouse was shipping a large amount of grain and it was beginning to look as if a good town would grow up.  Another grain warehouse was also completed and ready to receive grain.  The farmers of Montclair had formed a club called the Farmers Club for the purpose of discussing farm questions.  Mr. Mills was the president and A. M. Sinclair, secretary.

Little building was done until 1886.  R. C. Brophy arrived in Hannaford in August 1886, to take over the Cargill Elevator.  He also started a store.  His ads in the Courier said he would buy wheat and all kinds of country produce, carry in stock flour, feed, lumber, coal, wood and a full line of general merchandise, groceries, dry goods, clothing and hardware.  Reuben Brophy was a native of Illinois and a nephew of Grover Cleveland.  He studied dentistry under his brother, Prof. T. W. Brophy, a professor in Rush Medical College in Chicago and had practiced dentistry for two years.  He'd been in the machine business at Glyndon, Minnesota, the wheat business in Duluth and in Cooperstown had been in the employ of the Lenham Elevator and Lumber Co., and later ran the Cooper Brothers elevators.  After leaving Hannaford he continued in the wheat business.

After Brophy arrived, a large station platform was erected at Hannaford and Tom Robinson built a livery and feed stable and a lunch room.  November 20, 1886, R. C. Brophy was appointed postmaster at Hannaford and this was the first time Hannaford had a post office.  The Montclair post office was then discontinued and that mail was sent to the post office in Helena.  The townsite of Hannaford was platted by the Langdons at the end of 1886, and Postmaster Brophy took care of the handling of the lots.

Mr. Brophy built a house in Hannaford and moved his family from Cooperstown in 1887.  The house, which we know today as the Boe House, was described as a handsome and convenient residence with the finest cellar in the county.  It was back-plastered all over an inch thick with an air space making it as warm as possible.  When Brophy left, this became the E. H. Groven home.

The Hannaford Machine Co., which transacted business with J. I. Case was established in January 1887, with Edwin Olsen as the largest stockholder.  John Brekke started a hotel and Nelson Kiil moved his blacksmith shop from Cooperstown to Hannaford.  That year, too, the Hannaford Baseball Club was organized with W. D. Mills as captain and A. Sinclair, secretary.  They were ready to receive challenges from any other club in Griggs County.

The first elevator as we know them today was built in 1888, by Cargill.  They used their warehouse as an annex.  December of that year Brophy sold his business to E. H. Groven and left for Duluth.  Groven had been living in Hannaford since 1887, and farming here since possibly 1884.  Groven also became postmaster.

Crops in the area had been poor for several years.  Crops were late in 1885, and frost in August destroyed a lot of them.  They continued poor from 1886 through 1890.  In 1889, the county commissioners floated seed wheat bonds amounting to $12,000 to aid needy farmers.

The year 1890, found a Blacksmith Olsen in Hannaford and Tom Olson groomsman for E. H. Groven that winter.  Fred Markwood was prepared to teach the winter term in the school, but it was decided that winter school in Hannaford was not a success.  A. M. Sinclair purchased the stock and merchandise of E. H. Groven in March 1891, and went into the store business.  John Berg built a blacksmith shop in 1892, and M. L. Patterson a carpenter shop.  In 1893, the Groven Brothers, E. H. and Halvor, were selling all kinds of farm implements.  A. Aarestad and Thos.  Helland formed a partnership to carry on a general merchandise business which gave Hannaford two general stores.

Hannaford had its first celebration July 4, 1896.  It turned out to be a fair day, a good crowd and program.  There were pony, foot, bag and potato races, a ball game and fireworks.  This was the first of many 4th of July celebrations.  Social life was very active in these early years.  Birthdays for all ages were celebrated.  Dances were held in the homes, school and Groven's Hall.  Hannaford had a literary society and a dramatic club, a very active baseball club, a race track was reported in 1895.  The Hannaford Amusement Club scheduled a dance in 1902, with tickets, including supper, selling for $1.25.  Tennis courts were put in during 1904, a community band started and baseball grounds two blocks west of the school was put in during 1905.

Wheatland Township became Greenfield in 1895.  Moore Brothers erected a livery barn and also a restaurant in 1896, and in 1897, Stonemason Brakke was in business.  Also in 1897, Crane & Johnson bought out the small stock of lumber which Groven carried and opened with a complete stock of lumber.  They also had a yard in Cooperstown.  Mr. Hetherington managed the lumber yard.

In March 1893, Merchant Sinclair informed the Northern Pacific Railroad that Hannaford demanded a depot, but no action was forthcoming until October 1897, when the Northern Pacific depot at Odell was moved to Hannaford.

The old schoolhouse was for sale in the spring of 1898, and the school board advertised for bids for the erection of a new one.  The original school which stood on the Merryman land had been moved into town in previous years and still stands today.  The new school was built by C. H. Johnson and was built as a one-room structure.  In 1900, a partition was put in to provide for two teachers.  The comment was made that now the building was spoiled for church meetings.  This school stood where the Lutheran Church stands today.

Claus Jackson and Halvor Aarestad formed a partnership to go into the farm machinery business in January 1898.  The Helland and Aarestad partnership then dissolved.  Berg Brothers & Co., of Cooperstown opened a branch of their farm machinery business and Olson & Cox had a farm machinery business.  The Langdons erected a barn, house and windmill outfit on their farm and Walter Richardson decided to make Dakota his home and rented the Hyde farm for five years.

In 1899, Ole Jaeger, an experienced tinner was employed by Groven Hardware to fix anything and everything.  A. M. Sinclair erected a store building on Wheat Street for a mercantile business and Emelie Fjelstad (later Mrs. Conrad Kolberg) opened a millinery shop.  Miss Colby also sold bonnets.  The Lutheran Church was erected that year.

The population of Hannaford in 1900, was 120.  In the spring Groven sold his merchandise business to Andrew Strandness and Knut Furaas.  Mr. Strandness had worked for Syverson in Cooperstown and Mr. Furaas farmed in the Hannaford area.  Groven now gave his entire attention to the hardware business.  Other business places in operation that year were Aarestad & Jackson, Berg Brothers & Co., Crane & Johnson, and the Hannaford House (rooms, meals and livery).  W. S. Hyde was a dealer in feed, seed and a shipper of grain.  Miss Fjelstad sold millinery and together with Miss Claudia Jackson also had a dressmaking establishment.  A. M. Sinclair sold furniture, undertaking supplies and insurance.  R. M. Kerr and John Berg were blacksmiths, M. L. Patterson and Louis Larson were carpenters, Mrs. N. E. Farrington had a restaurant and Ed Olson the meat market.  H. Anundson had a dray line which he sold to John Brekke and a wood yard which he sold to Hiram Guest.  Dr.  Tymms, M. D., from Dazey came to Hannaford every Thursday and held office hours.

Mr. Hyde was editing a Page  in the Cooperstown Courier during part of 1900, which was called the Hannaford Budget.  He reported quite a number of trees were being set out that spring.  He said, "the next move should be towards seeing that no stock is allowed to run at large on the townsite.  We surely have got past pasture stages of progression." In June of that year the Hannaford merchants decided not to open their places of business on Sunday.  The post office, however, would be open from 12 to 1:00.  In the fall the long distance phone lines were in and being used.

The Olson Elevator was built in 1901, and the Hyde Elevator in 1902.  The Hannaford State Bank was organized in the spring of 1902, and both this and a drug store went into Sinclair's building.  H. A. Langlie received a druggist permit.  In 1903, Strandness and Furaas left to start a business in Finley and Groven sold his hardware business to Aarestad Brothers and Troseth, who came from Shelly, Minnesota.  Groven was back in the general merchandise business.  Hans Peterson was in the meat market and Crane & Johnson changed to Crane-Johnson Co.  Dr.  Leslie moved to town and had his office and operating room over the bank.

Dr.  Berg established a magnetic institute in 1903.

Mr. Hemmingsen and others were involved in the purchase of the building and fixing it up for a hospital.  It was called the Hannaford Sanitarium.  C. L. Berg, D. T., was a masseur.  Treatment of rheumatism was the specialty and people would spend several days and even a week here for treatment.

The Presbyterian Church was built in 1903.  In the spring of 1904, a new bank building was built of stone.  Today this building is the Hannaford Post Office.  Mr. J. B. Arbogast started publication of a weekly newspaper, the Hannaford Enterprise.

Houses weren't all painted white in the early 1900s, as we may imagine.  H. H. Groven's house (now the home of the Gerald Anderson's) was described as having deep red siding, all white trim, the shingled parts of the walls were the color of grass in June, and the panels between the windows in the upper story were buggy black.  Homes were also painted blue or green or ivory.

The population of Hannaford in 1905, was 215 people.  It was a flourishing town boasting of two general stores, two hotels, three farm machinery firms, two livery and feed barns, one drug store, one harness shop, one blacksmith shop, one railway station, one concrete block factory, two furniture stores, two barber shops, two contractors and builders, three brick and stone masons, one newspaper, one hardware store, two lumber, coal and wood yards, two restaurants, one bank, one doctor, one shoemaker shop, four elevators, one meat market, one creamery, one tin shop, two pool rooms, two painters and paper hangers, two dray men, one telephone exchange, one school and two churches.  Over 2,000 people attended the 4th of July celebration.  Carpenters and painters were paid $4.00 a day, brick and stone mason $3.00 to $4.00 a day, farm hands $30-$40 a month for a season of seven or eight months and household help got $4.00 to $5.00 a week.

Ole Almklov bought the Langlie drug store in 1905.  Also that year the Hannaford Lumber Co., was organized with H. H. Swingen as manager.  In 1901, Wm.  VanScoik established a concrete building block manufacturing plant on a lot behind where the Hannaford Mercantile was built.  In 1905, the Hannaford-Cooperstown Concrete Co., was reorganized.  Its officers were S. H. Berg, president; Henry Haugen, vice president; A. O. Anderson, secretary-treasurer; and Tom Swingen, manager.  This factory was temporarily located at the sand pit.  In 1906, the Edlund Brothers, built a concrete block manufacturing plant on the creek bottom in the south part of town.  Most of the original sidewalks in Hannaford were manufactured by them.  They also made a large outdoor flower pot.  It is believed that they manufactured the block for the cement block buildings in town such as Jackson's store in 1906, telephone building, beauty shop, schoolhouse and several homes.  It is not known when any of these concrete businesses were discontinued.  The first two, at least, were not in operation for very long.  Mr. VanScoik took charge of the business operated by Geo.  F. Campbell which consisted of a pool room and confectionery in January 1907.

The Hannaford Mercantile was built in 1906, and was the successor to the Anderson-Reite business.  A. G. Hoel was the president, Asher Anderson vice president, and C. Reite, secretary-treasurer of the first Hannaford Mercantile business.  In 1908, Asher Anderson and Ed Savre, who had been working in the Mercantile, bought the farm machinery business of the Mercantile and started to conduct the business under the firm name of Anderson & Savre.  The mercantile continued to sell general merchandise.

By a vote of 32 to two, Hannaford decided to incorporate as a village in 1906.  Members of the first village board were E. H. Groven, I. A. Kampen and A. O. Anderson, trustees; W. A. Olmstead, clerk; Richard E. Leiser, assessor; W. S. Hyde, treasurer; O. L. Berg, Marshall; and I. A. Kampen, justice of peace.

The year 1910, found Hannaford with a population of 340 people.  that year the town organized a fire department.  The early officers were: O. E. Thoreson, secretary-treasurer; Chas.  L. Anderson, chief; G. E. Epler, assistant chief; George Knauss, engineer chief; Chris Dunnum, hose cart chief; Chas, Bergren, hook and ladder chief.

February 15, 1911, a Commercial Club was organized.  N. K. Markuson was elected president; E. J. Aarestad, vice president; Chris Reite, secretary; John Stordahl, treasurer.  Its purpose was to work together for the growth and preservation of Hannaford.

Many businesses were flourishing by 1915.  Claus Jackson was in the general mercantile business, Aarestad Brothers & Troseth  had a hardware and farm machinery business, Wm.  Angus had been in charge of the Farmers State Bank since 1912, and E. E. Thoreson was president and R. L. Jones, cashier of the First National Bank.  Asher Anderson was the agent for the John Deere line of machinery, Nording and Alm were in the Hannaford Hotel and also owned and operated a meat market, pool hall, confectionery and lunch room, barber shop and a livery barn.  A. E. Johnston had a jewelry store, W. D. Sinclair a furniture store, L. B. Moore a garage, W. H. Richardson operated a sale and feed barn, owned a meat market, was superintendent of several threshing rigs, ground feed and moved houses and other buildings.

Crane-Johnson was the only lumber yard in town with Henry Swingen as manager.  A creamery had been started in 1914, along the creek.  A. F. Kencke had the drug store, Rasmus Olson the blacksmith shop, Frank Paulson the dray line, Mr. and Mrs. Cotton a restaurant, and the Central North Dakota Cooperative Telephone Company was owned by businessmen and farmers.  Dr.  Taylor was the dentist, Dr.  Bensen the physician, and John Sad, attorney and counselor-at-law.  Ole J. Kalvik had a dray line and delivered oil for Standard Oil.  John Dahl drove the delivery wagon for the Manhatten Oil Co.  C. L. Berg was proprietor of the Continental Hotel and Cafe, S. B. Clark had a barber shop and Mrs. Clark a lunch counter.  Zweig & Berg had a recreation parlor, Mrs. Clara Peterson a millinery shop, Krag's a lodging and eating place, Alfred Gustafson a shoe shop, Charles Hanson a dray line, Mrs. S. B. Clark a business for cleaning, pressing and repairing clothes, and Christ Reite was secretary and treasurer for the Griggs County Land Co.  Melvin Markuson managed the N. J. Olson & Sons Elevator and George Knauss had already managed the Farmers Elevator for nine years.  The Commercial Club had charge of the Opera House and there was an AOUW Lodge and a Literary Society.  On the Board of Education in 1915, were Claus Jackson, president; Mrs. Wm.  Angus, Mrs. C. P. Schmidt, O. M. Westly, R. L. Jones and John Sad, clerk.  C. L. Codding was principal of the school and Frances Lauder assistant.  Teachers were Cora Lykken, Margaret Rehberg, and Mrs. Mabelle Breesegard.  February 19, 1919, Dr.  O. H. Hoffman opened a dental office.  By 1920, the population had increased to 420.

There was a flash flood on the Creek in 1921, and after this a dam was built on the north side of the highway bridge.  The swimming hole was then moved from the north side of the bridge to the south.  Red Cross swimming lessons have been given at the swimming hole most years since 1920, and now in 1976, it is still the swimming pool for the community.  A ski slide was erected in 1923, overlooking the creek and ski tournaments were held every winter.  The slide was taken down in 1963.

The Hannaford Parents Teachers Association was organized March 1922.  The first officers were:

President Rev. George Natwick, Vice President Mrs. C. P. Schmidt, Secretary Inga Olson, Treasurer Mrs. R. L. Jones.  In April 1966, the P. T. A. voted to become the P. T. O.

In 1929, the Trip-o-Sales Company was formed, consisting of John Moody, Dan and Louis Larson; its purpose was to manufacture lug wheel cleaners for tractors.  It was located in the basement of the Mercantile Store.  This was a flourishing business until 1939, when rubber tires replaced steel wheels on tractors.  Many were sold to the International Harvestor Export Company who in turn shipped to their agencies in foreign countries.

The '30s brought the depression years.  In January a total of 248 men were employed under P. W. A. Local farmers worked on graveling roads.  Wages were $15 a week for a 30-hour week; later the hours and the wages were cut in half so twice as many men could be employed.  In April, people waited in line at the Farmers Elevator to receive grain free from the federal government.  This was different from the good old days when farmers waited in line to unload their golden grain.  Some of the worst dust storms in the history of the community occurred in April.  Cars at times couldn't drive because the storms caused utter darkness.  George Mills lost two registered cows and two calves.  To find the cause of death, George opened one and found it full of dust and dirt eaten with the grass.  Grain prices January 1933: dark northern wheat 26¢ a bushel, flax 88¢, oats 4¢.  Crops of wheat ran two and three bushels per acre with a few reports of 10 bushels per acre.  Telegrams were sent to Washington senators and representatives urging support to increase farm product prices.  Food prices: Post Toasties, two packages 23¢; prunes, two pounds, 19¢; hamburger and sausage, 10¢  a pound; home-rendered lard, three pounds 25¢ ; P & G soap, 10 bars for 29¢ (regularly six for 25¢).  Railroad fares: 2¢ a mile one way, 1.8¢  round trip; 3¢ a mile for a sleeper one day and 2¢ a mile round trip.  Many local boys were involved in the CCCs (Civilian Conservation Corp.).  The National CCC had 200,000,000 trees to plant.  A shelter belt was planted from Texas to the Canadian border.  Transients were fed by a special fund until it ran out and then people were urged to have the transients work and then feed them.  Other troubles - crows and grasshoppers.  A crow hunt was organized; grasshopper poisoning was done throughout the county with Hannaford as one distribution center.  There were severe hail and wind storms.  Five Hannaford young men: Bill Davidson, LeRoy McCallson, Harry Lenning, Claude Freer and Art Bakken left via Great Northern freight in the fall of 1934, for Washington (Winachi and Omac Valley) to get jobs.  Art got off at Glasgow and got a job as carpenter and the other four got work picking apples and peaches in Washington at 3¢  a box.

The town continued however, and in 1935, the Benson & Son Poultry Hatchery was built.  Hareland & Sons were manufacturing concrete well curbings.  In 1936, construction began on the Community Hall located uptown.  Before it was completed that summer it was partly demolished by a tornado, but work continued after the rubbish was cleaned up.  This hall was used as a school gymnasium and for all other school and community activities.  Its use was discontinued after a gymnasium was built onto the school in 1968.  Also in 1936, the overpass on Highway 1 was built over the Great Northern track.  It was a hot, dry, windy summer which blew dust from the excavating over the entire town.  The Sinclair building which housed the post office and Spenningsby Cafe burned that summer and the post office moved into the empty Farmers State Bank building and remained there until 1959, when the Security State Bank, which had been started in 1927, built a new building and the Post Office moved into their old building.  Sinclair built another building and Spenningsby opened the Green Lantern Cafe in the north half of the building and Bill Mohart the C&D Market in the south half.  Bill Welter purchased the garage building owned by Peter Bryn in February 1942.

Fire again raged in March 1942, during a blizzard.  Burned were the Hannaford Hotel operated by Fred and Dorothy Mathisen, pool hall operated by Douglas Lee, meat market operated by Frank Kouba and a barber shop.  The building was not replaced.  In 1948, the Locker Plant owner by Power Appliance Co., of Jamestown was opened.  It later was operated by B. A. Baling, Duane Baukol and Floyd Fogderud and probably others.  This building was demolished in 1975.  Donald Knauss opened a Gamble Store in 1949, in what is today the Legion Hall.  He moved into the Mercantile Store in 1951, where he sold groceries, dry goods and appliances.  He continued until 1964.  During this time he also set up the Knauss Trailer Park in the western part of town.  It was later sold to the Security State Bank, and was discontinued, and a new housing development was built on the site.  Ted Curtis operated a garage and sold Oliver machinery, and Oscar Ashland purchased C. M. Jackson's tavern.  Peter Glessing operated the Barber Shop and Trian Popp did trucking and soft water hauling.  Tom Dailey and son Byron were cattle buyers and truckers in the area.  W. D. Sinclair was owner and operator of the Sinclair Funeral Home.

Hannaford celebrated its 50th Anniversary in 1956, with a three-day celebration.  In 1958, a grade school addition was built onto the school and in 1959, the city water system was installed with the water tower coming from the capitol grounds in Bismarck.  That year, too, Cal Vincent started a construction business and InterCommunity Telephone Co., rebuilt old telephone lines and installed dial telephones.  Stri-King Bowling Lanes were built in 1960, by stockholders and by that year the population had dropped to 277.

The Bald Hill Horseshoe Club organized in 1967, and built courts in the northwest corner of Hannaford.  Dr.  O. H. Hoffman closed his Dental Office January 1968.  The Commercial Club dissolved in 1968, and in its place a Community Club was formed to include the farmers as well as the businessmen of the city.  Also that year a four-unit housing development for the elderly was built and a $175,000 addition to the school which included a gymnasium.  The census in 1970 was 244.  In 1974, garbage removal was started with a man from Hope providing the service.

The Hannaford Homemakers Club was organized May 12, 1972.  The club is active in 1976, with approximately 15 members.

Cal Vincent is the mayor of Hannaford in 1976.  The Farmers Elevator is managed by Marvin Grosser, assisted by Allen Klipfel.  Joe's Co-op Service Station is owned by Joe Simpkins; Gerald and James Anderson have a Laundromat, hardware and sporting supply store.  Farmland Co-op built storage tanks and other facilities in Hannaford in 1975, and their bulk agent is Mark Almklov.  Jeanette Richardson Arbuckle is the Postmistress; Melvin Haugen manages Stri-King Lanes; W. O. Brown is president of Security State Bank; Ray Arbuckle owns and operates Ray's Barber and Beauty Shop with Ruth C. Anderson as beautician.  Paulsen's Standard Station is owned and operated by Elgar Paulsen; Hannaford Supply in the Mercantile Building is managed by Donna Larson; Cal Vincent Construction is owned by Calvin Vincent; the Liquor Store is owned by Butch Baird of Cooperstown; Mike's Recreation by Mike Adams; Marcus Hook runs a repair shop at his home and Floyd Olson is in the carpenter business.  Inter-Community Telephone Company began putting all their lines underground during the summer of 1975.  Roger Nilsen is their local serviceman.  Jerry Ferguson purchased the former Sinclair building, remodeled it, and now it is known as Patty's Place, a recreation parlor.  Douglas Fogderud purchased the Crane-Johnson buildings.  The office is used as a dwelling, the other buildings for storage.  Allen Gruman does custom combining and grain hauling.  Orville Ramsey Trucking is located in the southwest corner of Hannaford.  Gil Haugen is also in the trucking business.  Several new homes have been built recently and others remodeled.

Organizations active in the community include the Commercial Club, American Legion along with their women's auxiliary and Junior Auxiliary, Homemakers Club, Park Board, Fire Department, Youth Summer Program sponsored by the Park Board and American Legion, Parent-Teachers Organization, and auxiliary groups of the Lutheran Church.

Source:  Hannaford Area History North Dakota Centennial 1889 - 1989 Page  12