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Buffalo Lake Physicians
The History of Renville County, Volume 2
Compiled by Franklyn Curtiss-Wedge
Chapter XXX
p. 730-731

Dr. Knepper practiced in Buffalo Lake in the early days.

S. J. Northrup practiced in Buffalo Lake about three years. He was run over by the cars in the railroad yard in the fall of 1903, and died the next morning. He is buried at Hutchinson, Minn.

Ernest Z. Vanous practiced here for about a year after his graduation from the University of Minnesota in 1897. He was reared at Glencoe, and is now a physician in Minneapolis.

W. A. A. Barns practiced in Buffalo Lake a short time about 1897. He was not considered a good physician and is understood to have experienced considerable trouble after leaving here.

Frank M. Archibald was located in Buffalo Lake a few weeks, coming from Gibbon in March, 1895. Then he located in Atwater, from which place he continued to practice to some extent in the northeastern part of Renville county. He was a large, jovial man, and is well remembered by many of the residents. He moved from Atwater in 1906 and is now at Mahnomen, in the state.

Everett C. Gaines received a certificate from the Medical Examining Board, April 10, 1900, and offered it for record Feb. 17, 1906.


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