C. A. Erlandson

	This biography appears on page 996 in "History of South 
	Dakota" by Doane Robinson, Vol. II (1904) and was scanned, 
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	C. A. ERLANDSON, senior member of the firm of Erlandson & Johnson, 
general merchants, of Milbank, is another of the sons of the Northland 
who have contributed so materially to the industrial, business and civic 
development and progress of South Dakota. Mr. Erlandson was born in 
Sweden, on the 20th of August, 1847. and is the son of parents who 
passed their entire lives in their native land. The subject was educated 
in the excellent schools of Sweden and when but scarcely attained to 
manhood he set forth to seek his fortune in America. After several years 
he came to South Dakota and located in the newly founded village of 
Milbank, with whose upbuilding and business interests he has been 
identified, while he has attained a high degree of prosperity and is 
known as one of the reliable and straightforward business men and 
valuable citizens of the town and county in which he has made his home 
for nearly a quarter of a century.