< I also have connections to the Bear Creek community; Hans Anderson Gamelmoen and w. Ragnhild Jonasdtr were my GGgrandparents. Their son Andrew Anderson was my Ggrandfather. Any chance this could be your connection?> I would also like to "publicly" thank Owen Anderson for these postings. My ggrandfather, Knudt Knudtson (Knute Ostgard) came to Bear Creek Settlement in 1864 and raised his family there. I would love to hear from others whose families lived there also. Knudt's son John stayed in Grand Meadow (about a mile south of the settlement) and his sons James and Kenneth also stayed in the area (Kenneth was mayor of Grand Meadow at one time, and James, my father, worked for the railroad for almost 50 years). I live not far from Grand Meadow now (Rochester) and we go to the Bear Creek Cemetery every Memorial Day to lay flowers on the family's graves. The church and cemetery there are very well kept. I am planning to do a tombstone transcription in the next few weeks, since I am still trying to find some "lost" members of the family (ones I didn't even know I had until recently!). It's so nice to have something like this on the List! Star O