Scott Swanson
Sheridan Arnold grew up in harsh conditions on the North Dakota prairie on a farm that slowly failed due to the drought conditions of the 1930s.
Born Jan. 11, 1918 in Berthold, N.D., one of nine brothers and three sisters, he learned early what it took to survive in a climate where winters would leave water frozen in the house, despite the coal fire that burned all night.
“You had to be tough…