Pioneer log home in Clay County headed to Rollag after making way for flood diversion

CLAY COUNTY, Minn. — One of the region's oldest pioneer homes has left the farm near Comstock and has a new home at Clay County's Steamer Hill in Rollag, Minnesota. Because of the Fargo-Moorhead Area Diversion project, the Bernhardson log house from 1875 faced either demolition or a move. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers saw the value of one of the area's oldest homes and helped move it to Clay County's biggest summer attraction, Rollag. Eddie Bernhardson knows Clay County better than anyone. And at age 98, he can still tell you all about some of the area's first pioneers. Eddie is the great-grandson of pioneer farmer Bernard Bernhardson. Eddie's great grandparents came from Sweden and at first built this log cabin northwest of Comstock, Minnesota. The U.S. Army Corp move the house on Wednesday, October 21. Contributed / Bernhardson family "I think there were 11 people who spent the winter there," Eddie said of the first log cabin. That was in