Born on a farm in Stanton, North Dakota, Harold Schafer grew up in many different towns. With his parents and two siblings, they moved from town to town, but kept coming back to Bismarck, North Dakota. When Harold was 12 years old, his parents split and his mother moved the family from Jamestown, Glen Ullin, and finally back to Bismarck. In his young years, Harold came to know hard work and valued it among all which would define him as person. At the age of eight, Harold took his first job in a butcher shop in Killdeer, North Dakota and was paid $4 a week. Other jobs he took were as a newspaper boy, he did some janitorial work, and worked as a gas station attendant. Harold has also candled eggs, sold flowers and worked as a clerk in a department
