Bio of STANGOHR, Otto W. (b.1887), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical

Vol III, pg 684-687
OTTO W. STANGOHR
Otto W. Stangohr was born in South Dakota on the 7th of October, 1887, his
parents being August and Minnie (Runger) Stangohr, both of whom were natives of
Germany, whence they came to the United States in 1880, settling first on a farm
in South Dakota. The father there took up a homestead claim of one hundred and
sixty acres, on which not a furrow had been turned nor an improve­ment made, but
with characteristic energy he began its development and he and his wife
continued to reside thereon until called to their final rest.
Their son, Otto W. Stangohr, was educated in the country schools and also in the
schools of Canova. The spring and summer months were largely devoted to the work
of the fields, so that his education was obtained in the fall and winter
seasons, after the farm work was over for the year. When twenty years of age he
left the farm with a cash capital of fifty dollars that he had saved from his
earnings and entered Sioux Falls College. He graduated in 1909, on the
completion of an academic and commercial course and he also pursued part of a
col­lege course. When his school days were over he found himself with a debt of
eighteen dollars for his board but he had laid broad and deep a sure foundation
for advancement. He went to work on a farm, after which he accepted a clerk­ship
in a grocery store at Canova, South Dakota, where he worked for three months. He
applied himself with great thoroughness and energy to the conduct of the store
and from the first recognized that satisfied patrons were the best
advertisement. For four years he continued in the business and then sold the
store in order to engage in real estate dealing at Canova, continuing in that
line for about two years.
In 1914 Mr. Stangohr sought the broader opportunities offered in Minneapolis and
here opened an office, making his headquarters in this city while handling real
estate throughout the Northwest. He continued in the business until 1921, but in
the meantime had become interested in banking, purchasing stock in the Farmers
State Bank at Unityville, South Dakota, and in the Calhoun State Bank of
Minneapolis. In 1917 he began working in the Calhoun State Bank, owing to the
fact that some of its employes had been called to the colors in the World war.
On the 18th of October of that year the bank was held up and eight thousand
dollars was taken, which has never been recovered. Mr. Stangohr was put in the
vault with other officials of the bank and locked up but they were rescued in a
few minutes. In 1918 with the return of the soldiers from the war, Mr. Stangohr
severed his connection with this bank as an active member and again concentrated
his attention upon his real estate interests until July 14, 1921, when he
purchased an interest in the Industrial State Bank and was elected vice
president. He after­ward acquired more stock in the bank and during the year
1921 its deposits increased more than a hundred per cent. On. the 9th of
January, 1922, he was elected to the presidency and under his control the bank
showed steady and substantial growth, until on January 21, 1923, it was
consolidated with the Continental State Bank and he resigned as an officer and
again engaged in business for himself in investments and real estate.
On the 12th of April, 1914, Mr. Stangohr was married to Miss Anna M. Kuppinger
of Mason City, Iowa, and they have two children: Otto W., Jr., and James Burton.
Mr. Stangohr belongs to the Calhoun Commercial Club, with which he has been
identified since its organization and he also has membership in the Min­neapolis
Civic & Commerce Association, in the American Bankers Association, in the
Minneapolis Athletic Club and the Automobile Club. He belongs to the Masonic
fraternity and to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and his relig­ious
faith is evidenced in his membership in the First Baptist church.