On coming to the United States he (Edward Wendt) came at once to Pine Lake township, where he purchased eighty acres of land, which is his home at the present time. He devoted the greater part of his time during the first three years to work in the making of brick at Perham. (History of Otter Tail County Minnesota, Volume II, Its People, Industries and Institutions, Edited by John W. Mason, B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc., Indianapolis, IN, 1916, Page 678)