Daniel Haven

Death by Force

In the winter of 1930, on a farmstead situated about a mile north of the small village of Schafer, just east of Watford City, North Dakota, the Haven family abruptly vanished from sight. The family, consisting of Albert, 50, Lulia, 39, and their four children, Daniel, 18, Leland, 14, Charles, 2, and the infant Mary, two months old, were hardworking and had established their lives on the farm for over a decade. The last time any of them were seen alive was on February 9, 1930. Their sudden and co ...Read More

Ghosts of North Dakota: Schafer Jail, a Mass Murderer, and a Vigilante Lynch Mob

Daniel W Haven, age 19 - National Gun Violence Memorial