Pierre Bottineau
1/31/2008: Farmer, settler, hunter, voyageur and founding father of many cities, Pierre Bottineau was born this month in 1817, 12 miles west of present day Grand Forks. Pierre Bottineau was born to French-Canadian Charles Bottineau and his Native American wife, Margaret Ahdik Songab. Pierre’s parental lineage made him an outsider in both white and American Indian communities; which makes his successes all the more remarkable.
Source: prairiepublic.org