Walter Paul Buck was born in Garrison, North Dakota on this date in 1915. In the early ‘50s, he helped found the Dakota Boys Ranch. A 1952 Bismarck Tribune article reads: “The first step toward taking over the boys ranch near Mapleton, N. D., was taken [in Oakes] Tuesday by delegates to the North Dakota District convention of the Missouri Synod Lutheran Church” as articles of incorporation and bylaws were adopted.