Some of the nicknames I remember from growing up in Benson. You could say it was a “colorful” small town. Mouse over the links to find out why they got their nicknames.
- “Arf” Braaten
- “Augie” Miller
- “Babe” Veum
- “Birdie” Johnson
- “Bolts” Bolter
- “Boots” Larson
- “Bub” Paulson
- “Buck” Fredine
- “Bugs” Hansen
- “Cabbage Head” Erphenbach
- “Camel” Johnson
- “Chicken” Hughes
- “Corny” Corneliusn
- “Cotton” Halpin
- “Cupie” Corneliusn
- “Dolly” Larson
- “Dutch” Minion
- “Elf” Fredine
- “Fat” Odden
- “Ferd” Peterson
- “Gopher” Braaten
- “Gousel” Brenden
- “Green Apples” Langaard
- “Ham” Arndt
- “Hookem” Knutson
- “Hub” Larson
- “Hypo” Nelson
- “Inky” Engleson
- “Jut” Simmonstad
- “Kippy” Gilbertson
- “Lever” Johnson
- “Lippy” Lindahl
- “Lub” Thompson
- “Mac” Aylmer
- “Money” Leitie
- “Nita” Haarstad
- “Pen Norsk” Engleson
- “Pint” Obrien
- “Poodle” Yakey
- “Porky” Rome
- “Pullsa” Paulson
- “Salty” Alsaker
- “Sandy” Hanson
- “Skeek” Van Slyke
- “Skinny” Hume
- “Sleepy” Donnaly
- “Slick” Olson
- “Solley” Knutson
- “Spook” Jacobson
- “Stuck a Heunna” Larson
- “Tub” Quinn
- “Tusk” Arne
- “Wimp” Coy
- “Zero” Yakey
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