Nev.. officially retired from his position as first aid attendant on the Boulder Canyon project. This was the massive construction project of the famous Hoover Dam near Las Vegas. Nev.. on the Colorado River. Since 1932. Doc dedicated himself to this arduous task. first with Six Companies. Inc.. and later with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. The son of Danish immigrants. Frank. or Doc as he later became affectionately known. at first sought a clerical career. attending NorwegianDanish Theological Seminary in Minneosta. He also worked in the grain fields in the farming season and learned the newspaper trade inside and out.
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