Kenmare If Anywhere . . . Incorporation Pioneer days may have been hard for the parents, but it was fun for the children. There were Indian potatoes to dig, gophers to trap and bird nest to find and the big old buffalo rock to play around. Flowers of all kinds bloomed on the prairie and kids knew the places where the long stemmed violets and blue bells grew. Picnics and berry picking trips were the favorite recreation in the summer. Pioneer days may have been hard, but after all, God was good. He does things well. The people had homesteads, and were debt-free and happy. What more would one want? The town platted in May, 1899, although lots had been squatted on before the plat was filed. The village of Kenmare was incorporated in December, 1901, and the village officers elected December 23, 1901. Martin Lund, C.M. Lathrop, S.S. Paulson, L.J. Palda Jr., and W.F. Neideritter were the original alderman. A.M. Olsen was the treasurer, E.M. Rogers, assessor; J.M. Howland, marshal; Henry P. Brown, clerk, and W.E. Grinnell, justice of the peace. Attorney Palda was elected president of the first council and drew many of the general ordinances.
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