To get a better idea of the locations important in Daniel’s early life, I used the mapping tool on Google to find some shots of Hill City and Verdon township.
The map below shows Verdon township, north of Aitkin, Minnesota, on the banks of the Mississippi river (that black squiggly line) where Daniel was born in 1908.
And another important city in Daniel’s early life is Hill City, located in the crook of Hill Lake where he went to school and his mother died: