The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, September 14, 1922, Page 10

Bronze plate at either FRONTIER i OF STATE, GROWS STEADILY, AND FACES FUTURE WITH CONFIDENCE 3 (Continued from Page 1) i + California Joe and. Charley Reynolds who used to be a partner of Joe Dict- Tich’s was killed in the Custer fight, Yellowstone Kelly, Texas. Jack, and gthers of lesser note. In the ‘spring of 1877, the Northwestern ,Express Btage, and Transportation Co. put on a line of stage coaches that ran from Bismarck to Deadwood in the Black Hills with stations every 20, miles. They , iso had hundreds of teams hauling freight to the Hills. It was a sight to See tén or twelve yoke of wild Montana cattle string owt pulling two or, three large wagons loaded with freight. The stage company had good ex- Perienced men in their employ and everything moved smoothly, It did not take the teamsters long to.break in the unruly cattle, F hee A Steamer Leaves Third Street On a Trip to Mandan, The greatest flood in the history of the northwest’ occurred. in; Wpring of 1881. There was a very heavy fall of snow that winter. and, w! the river broke up in the spring it overflowed ‘all of the bottom lands and gaused a lot of damage. All] the bridges along the stage line between -Bis- fiarck and Deadwood were washed away. The river overflowed the, bottor gouth of the town and the water came up to the foot of Third Street.. Cap- Yain Braithwaite who owned the Steamer Eclipse landed his boat foot of Third, Street and ran an excursion across the river to a point le of Mandan. I will always remember that boat ride. Everybody danced and had a good time. Mrs. Logan said that that boat ride was her first wedding trip. The flood did a great deal of damage all along the Missouri bottoms @s far south as Yankton, many men were caught in the flood and drowned. thers had to climb trees and had their feet badly frozen. Hundreds of ‘Yead of cattle were drowned, and deer could be seen standing on cakes of e floating down the river. ~ at Work on the railroad bridge started in August 1881, and the bridge was ‘completed in the fall of 1882. The work was done under the direction of George S. Morrison, engineer in chief, The bridge cost over one million dol- Jars. While :the bridge wag being built, the; trains were crossed on two ferry boats, and in the winter time the track-was laid on the ice across the ¥iver. The first train crossed on the ice Feb. 18, 1879. When the bridge was completed in October 1882, nearly everybody was on the hill where the reservoirs of the water company are now located to see the bridge test- éd. Large engines came from each side of the river and met, in the center of the bridge. Everybody.cheered. When the'engines returned in, safety, @hey kept blowing the whistles until they arrived ‘into Bismarck and Man- h i Last Big Buffalo Hunt Was in the Year 1882 The last big buffalo hunt was in 1882, A great many buffalos were tnd oftt-near where New Salem, is, and at other points. In the fall after P. :weather set in the hunters would ship in the hind ‘quarters to Bis- afrck.| The depot platform would be piled high with buffalo meat. That inter every one was eating buffalo steaks. ° “In conclusion, ,I want to say that the stories that some writers haye given the press about the early days in Bismarck were far from being true. Some of these writers, pictured Biswarck as being a very tough town. If -we are. to beleive their stories, there. would not be & day go by unless some ‘one died with his boots on. It is true that a few men were killed, but they were. the aggressors, and iprobably got what was coming to them. There was a certain class, cele- “prities, who held forth on some of the streets, but they always kept their splaces. Through all those stifring times, either night or day, a respectable, “woman could walk the streets in safety and there is not one instance known insulted, or molested, either on or off There were no thefts or burglaries in ‘where a respectable woman was ever the streets of the city in Bigmarek. those days. i ck People never thought of locking their. doors during the night. They are now gone forever! Those were wonderful days! 2 BA ee PIONEER WOMEN] sty ‘cr Sen, *1,b0id on 8, MET H ARDSHIPS brought. Most of these pioneer. wo- : JEN EARLY 70's men came here when they were young. They were filled with youth's: (Continued. from page 1.) | Pullman service was offered by the idealism and enthusiasm. . They smil- Led at. danger, and discomfort, and) loneliness. They struggled through, Northern Pacific only between Min- neapolis and Brainerd. From Brain- serd to-Fargo, a sevond day's journey, poverty, crop failures, and death. day ‘coach service was offered; from. They fought for their lives in the early days and later struggled for ‘Fargo to Jamestewn, a third day’s ‘travel, box car service was given; political rights which have made of Bismarck one of the most beautiful and progressive cities in the entire: from Jamestown io Crystal Spring, “a fourth day’s travel,“box-car, serv- ‘ice was continued. But here the rail- west. i RT PIERCE | groad ended in May of '73, 80 a lum- GILBE | Cher ‘wagon was used to complete the | Arip to Bismarck. ‘ No Mails For Months. « , Along with the bridal party were sJohn: Jackman, United States mar- shal; John Whales, a store clerk; John Mason, saloon keeper; Jim Mar- shall, first shoeman in’ Bismarck, and J. W. Raymond, banker. The other conveniences of city life in Bismarck were similar to the com- forts of railroad travel at that time. There’ were no mails for months at a -time, houses or the shacks in which ‘the “people lived, were construcw. from cottonwood trees. The logs in e houses were pfaced three or four inches apart, so that when it rained they: would not turn themselves com- pletely inside out. Cooking utensils ‘awere limited to the few.the t lers “could manage to transport across the xsountry. Household furniture in most of the homes consisted of cotton ‘wood benches and couches and boxes. Sif <there were more than one carpet in 1873 no one recalls it at | “Bhis=day. + | © While thgse were the conveniences ef fifty years ago, the present day ‘comforts of home life in Bismarck yatand out as the best proof of the ‘aualitied possessed by the pioneer women. , <= They were willing to live in shacky endure hardships, and lack the con- ¢ iences even of fifty years ago in Sorder-to’build up a new community, they were not willing to lack these comforts any longer than it was nec- Gilbert A. Pierce was North Da- kota’s first senator. At a meeting of the state legislature. in,Noyember of 1889 he was elected to represent. his state at Washington, D. C. Mr. Pierce. was a native. of Gattaragus county, New York, but moved with his par- ents to Indiana at an carly age. He studied law at the Chicago university, 'in 1861 he enlisted with the Indiana volunteers and was elected second lieutenant of the company. At the, end of three months of service was appointed a captain and as: ant quartermaster by President Lin- coln; was at Paduvah, Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Grand Gulf and Vicksburg. After serving throughout the war and holding various important govern- mental and newspaper positions, he | was elected to the United States. se! ate asea Republican, After a short carcer in diplomatic and political life he: entered newspaper work again, VIOLIN MADE IN 1680 IS SHOWN W. J. Burch of Bismarck has a violin that, according to the record on it, was made in 1680. The violin, said to be one of the few of its kind in existence, will be displayed during the three-day celebration next week. The violin contains the inscrip- tion: “Giovani Paulo Maggini, In end of new: vehicular bridge across Missouri Anno 1680/7 Another. mark states it was tested by Ulyses Pudwaski in_ 1823, Mr.’ Burch obtained the violin. from a brother-in-law in a trade. The brother-in-law got it . from Capt. Nathaniel Crane, who took the violin’ from an officer in. the Civil. War. ‘Capt. Crane lived: in Greene. county; Inidana. | Mr. Burch hag had’ the violin over) 40 years. He did ‘not ‘discoyer: the name that appears to be that of the maker until.a score of years, ago when he took i€ to a repair. shop. ‘The. ‘wal nm apart by the fepair man int te our the fame. ec Me ie may Be hig (CITY'S NETWORK Giving Unusual Facilities Bismarck is,not only: on the. main line ofthe Northern ; Pacific rail- i way, but one of: the five branches of the Soo comes) into Bismarck. The ;Dakota division begins at length being 199 3-4 miles, and in | practically a due east and west line, |; the termini being’ in precisely the Same latitude, and the road di- verging* at no point. more than gix miles from. a straight line drawn on @ map fram‘ one to the others + The work of cotistruction. was begun in spring of 1872, and the track reached Jamestown, 9314 season. During the spring and suramer,of 1872. the road was-built to Bismarck, a new town on the east bank of. the Missouri. river ich remained the western term- inus until 1878. as There was not a solitary setite- ment between the Red River and the Missouri at the time, save those. created by the advance of the Nor- thern Pacific tracks. At Bis- marck there was a river navigation, and the railroad opened a Jink in shipment of goods and supplies to the government posts and the In- dian agencies on the upper Mis- souri, and to the mining towns in remote Montana. Its business was too scanty, however, to pay for the running of trains over the Dakota diyision the first winter after it the division. was only operated to Jamestown. A Railroads now radiate in seven directions from Bismarck, giving the. city unusual railroad facilities - FIRST SENATOR| for its sze. The north and south branches of the N. P. whch term- inate in Mandan, :the main line east and west, the N. P. branch: south from. McKenzie and the Soo line, | running north, and south, enabl .travelers to penetrate any direc- tion from Bismarck by train. The Milwaukee railroad bas a terminal site ins Bismarek “and .expects to push’ on eventually. y Abia st OLDEST SETTLER CAME TO STATE 71. YEARS AGO Charles. Turner ‘Cavalier, North ta’s oldest white settler, arriv- Pembina 71 years ago. : Although not the first white ‘mai to come into the Red’ River. valley, | he was the first. white settler to cure a patent: for land in ‘the »state. He’ lived for almost 50 consecutive years in’ Pembina, although he w born in Springfield, “Ohio,’March 6, 1818, attended the , public schools until he was 17, when he was seized by a spirit’ of wanderlust and as & result of this feeling; went to live with his uncle,.Charles Constable, a lawyer, Who, resided at Mount Ci roll, Ill, where he took up the dlers’ trade. 3 2 While at Springficlé he often pl: ed euchre with his uncle and Ab ham Lincoln, during his spare time. He was appointed territorial brarian in 1849 and held) the po: tion until October 1850 when Pres- ident Millard Fillmore inted him ag-collector of customs ‘for the district of Minnesota, and inspector of revenue for the post of Pembina. From 1864 until the time of his. death in 1902 he was either nest- master or assistant postmaster at Pembina. His fellow townsmen state that they remember him best. as an, interesting story teller of tales of pioner days. North -Dakota produces; more spring wheat than any other state; more rye than any other two states, and half the entire flax production of the entire United States. (CHOR Reach Into Every Direction, | Fargo. and . ends at Mandan, its |: miles by the end of the working} ® a line of transportation for. the | 5! was opened, and the second winter |, -|-west, their grand work will event- “anniversary of the founding of the {CHES OF. CITY BUILT BY” HARD EFFORT Perserverence and Faith of] Pioneer Women Made Them Possible ONE STILL STANDING , When one drives over Bismarck ‘today. and beholds its twelve church- es which provide facilities of wor- ship for almost every religious de- nomination, he can scarcely believe that it was less than fifty, years ago cHurch was erected in the city. When he is told th there are 4,000 active church mem- bers affiliated with tl ; nds, it with difficulty that he -visualizes the lack of-means of worship in the city titty rears ago. ss eople of today are likely our fine big churches and tag ean | i ts of!) struggle and privations which have been put into their building. Three Days on, First Church If ‘one tells s. visitor that, it took but: three days to erect the Congre- church, the first church to Gonsructed in Bismarck, 9 bnild-' ing 80x40 fe bets, likely to think the speaker is exag- gerating ci it not ‘the case, it is actual fact. The first church in’ Bismarck, .was built by Rev. H. N. Gates, a Congregation- al mission: Stoke Religiou however, wer; held in 1872, The Catholic. society had fhe first missionaries on the ground, After May of 1872, mass. wi frequently celebrated at priv homes by Rev. Fr. Heller of Duluth, and other priests, accorditig to.a let- te written by Mrs. Linda W. Slaugh- jer, a ‘ The first. protestant. ministerial, service held in the city was conduct z av. Swift ‘of. Episcopal |® ° church, March 8, 1873, when. Jamie, son. of. Lieutenant Humbet,'}1 tized. The service was, held’ in the upper story of their unfgrn- ished Capitol hotel. in the pre of. officers and their wives, and settlers of the city, Among the dience were Mrs. Margh, Mrs, Emmon ii women of ‘the, pioneer village.. z class which Mrs, Slaughter. had ganized at. Camp. Hancock,, Augest 16, 1872. Qne can. scarcely, Presbyterian. church. He sees: qnly the large brick church, its, big.gudi-| el at morning and evening wor-/| | ip, and the hundreds of ¢Bildxen | | ‘Sunday school services, th Lod hie During August of 1872 i. Gates, home missionary of the, C gregational church, ch n the large frame tent belonging.'to’ John Crummy on the site of the McLean store. He. wished ‘at, that. tinie to form a congregation of that: faith, but none present except Deacon and Mrs. Mann were members of that church, so the idea was: given up. Rev. Gates said that if the people of ismarck’ would raise $90 to pay for the erection of the building, the ma- terials could be shipped from Du- luth ready for framing’ and -the building could also be used union church. A womén pi the ‘meeting i who ‘regularly attend « town—merchants,. gamb! } contributed, and the build- ing ‘was shipped here’ and’ erectéd, but all future attempt to form & Congregational congregation to take charge of the church property failed. ‘Rev. Gates also held services in Mr. Raymond’s new building. | Mrs. Slaughter s in her letter that the audience w: corous as any Rev, Sunday press ofice on the (Broadway) and Thi: 4 “If the little band of ‘faithful workers who wrought here in’ couragement could have looked for. watd to the laying of the corner- stone of the magnificent new. church, "their faith would have been’ materi- ally strengthened, and if the good pastor. and present congregation could’ have looked back and’ seen the almost hopeless’ prospect unde? which | the first feeblo work was done, they would -be assured that that under the fixed laws of. development: and progress that: rule this’. wonderful ually ‘reach successful :completion,” declared Mri, Slaughter in her. let- ter. it . Could the people of half: a cen- tury ago walk into. Bismarck today they would undoubtedly declare that their aspirations. had reached. ful- fillment. And the people of taday owe gratitude’ to the ‘vision and: perse- vetance’ of these early, pioneer men and women who laid’ the: foundation fora city ‘of churches, This fiftieth city of Bismarck is an appropriate time’ in Which’ to pay. tribute “to founders of ‘our ‘charches. - ARE PROVIDED Merchants, of Bismarck are giv- ing away to non-residents between 1,200 and 1,500 tickets to the pa- geant to. be given September 18. A booth has been erected ‘in’ the Northern: Pacific park and the first 1,200. to 1,500 rion-residents ‘to: a ply in.person will be see the tick- lets. Merchants of Bismarck ‘ate praised by Mrs. B. L. Thurston, general. manager of the Historica Pageant, for their generosity in thig regard, in advertising the pag- eant and in loaning windows for use of the relics committee, _... / THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1922... ‘You will find Inter- Trucks in service. ment.’ There is a 2,000-Ib.: speed truck for quick hauls, and heavy*hity trucks in Call write or phone. \ national Motor Internationals are built in sizes ‘and styles'to meet every hauling require- 3000, '4000, 6000 and 10,000-lb: capacities. fAternational Harvester Company’ : : of America (Incorporated) Bd ; Oe Ge BISMARCK, NO. DAK. , FOR LOW. 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Stat : d By its investment at home of money received: for premiums on its ‘4 policies, in’ the form of loans secured by mortgages, and in state ‘and municipal bonds, many hundreds of thousands of dollars now being paid to institutions organized in distant states will be kept‘here and distributed by such investments, among its people. AN J ® j _ Providen t Life Insurance Bismarck, North Dakota »