Foster County Independent - The Official Newspaper for Foster County

Dakota Datebook written by Jim Davis.

Otto Bremer and his brother Adolph immigrated to Minnesota in 1886 and within a few years Otto had entered into the banking business as a bookkeeper. He decided to make a run at politics as a candidate for the City Treasurer for St. Paul, an office he held from 1900 to 1910.

In 1903, Bremer became a charter member of the American National Bank in St. Paul...