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SUBMITTED BY: Herbert A. Paul
e-mail: genie @ herbpaul dot com (www.herbpaul.com)
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Wife: Anna Laurie PETRIE
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Birthdate: 17 Apr 1865 @ Volney, NY
Death date: 19 Feb 1947 @ Pasadena, CA
Buried: Linton Cemetery, Linton, Emmons Co., ND
Father: Frederick William PETRIE II (1816-1902)(1, 2)
Mother: Phoebe (Phebe) TREAT (1827-1895)(2)

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Annie PETRIE, unmarried, came to Dakota Territory with her
unmarried sister 'Cash' in 1886, via train to Groton, SD, and
then team and wagon to Winchester which was 4 miles west and
one mile south of the present town of Linton, Emmons Co., ND.
She and her sister took out homesteads and were also the first
teachers in what became Emmons County. They started a small
store in Winchester and Annie was also postmistress for some
time. Annie is credited with importing the first purebred
Shorthorn cattle inmto Emmons County. In 1917, Miss Annie
Petrie sold a shipment of 18 loads, 263 head, all Shorthorn
in Chicago for $55,025.39 - a world record regardless of
breed at the time. "In the summer the cattle had the best
pasture in the world, native prairie grasses." Operating a
cattle ranch in Dakota Territory in the 1880's was considered
to be a tough, full time job for a strong and determined man.
It was grueling, heartbreaking work for a woman to personally
operate a sizable spread and was practically unheard of. Miss
Petrie broke most of her own horse stock herself and had many
of them trained to come at her command or at a whistle. But it
was not all work and no play. There were dances at the ranches
and Miss Petrie says: "The dances started early in the evening
and lasted until daylight the next morning. There was no use
stopping early because no one could drive home in the dark anyway.
There were always about 10 or 15 bachelors to dance with every
girl." Stock for their Winchester store came to Eureka, SD, the
nearest railhead. During her long trips to Eureka by team and
wagon, houses were few and scattered and one time she and a
trusted employee were making the trip they were asked to stay all
night at a farm home. It was very small but they made room for
them and gave them a good supper. Later she was shown to the
bedroom and sank gratefully in a bed with a warm feather tick.
A short time later the woman of the house crawled into bed
beside her, and later the husband came and he too got in bed.
Still later, two hired men came in and slept on the floor.
She had planned to make an early start, but decided to stay in bed
until the "family" had gotten up first.

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Source Citations
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1. S. Earl, Petry Genealogy (Herkimer County [NY] Historical Society, Herkimer, NY).
2. Petrie, Rev. Jeremiah, History of the Petrie Family.
3. Personal knowledge of family members