Published by admin on Thu, 05/13/2021 - 9:12am
William (Bill) Harris was born in Des Lacs, N.D., Aug. 16, 1932. He was a pilot for 72 years (received his pilot's license at age 16), a writer and publisher, a salesman, a carpenter, a railroad worker, a talker, a warehouse of knowledge, and a seeker, collector and restorer of historical treasures that might otherwise have been lost.
He was the first son of Max and Sophie (Strand) Harris. Bill attended school in Des Lacs until he moved with his grandparents to Baudette, Minn., in the fall of 1941 after the crops were harvested.