Omund S. Huset, one of Bemidji’s early days rural mail carriers and a pioneer farmer of Frohn township, died at his home on August 21, 1943, at the age of 76 years.
Mr. Huset was born in Norway at Satersdahlen on March 13, 1867, and homesteaded in Frohn township 49 years ago, building on his farm to be one of the best improved in that community. It was on this farm that he resided until death.
In 1890, Mr. Huset took as his bride, Miss Agnes Moi, at McIntosh, Minn.
For about 27 years, Mr. Huset carried a rural mail route out of Bemidji. He knew the hardships of the pioneer rural carriers, being forced to make winter deliveries on foot, by horseback and by sleigh. It was often necessary for him to make his route as far as his home and there change horses for the remainder, due to heavy snows or spring mud. In later years he switched to an automobile and up to a few days prior to his death the sight of him serenely driving along the highway and Bemidji streets in an early dated Model “T” Ford was common. (Northland Times, Aug 27, 1943)