The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, July 25, 1931, Page 8

a i \ THE BISMARCK TRIBUNK SATURDAY, JULY 25, 1981 | History of Bismar ck Closely Associated With obtain the townsite at that point. Mr. | Jackman formed a party consisting of John H. Richards, Emer N. Corey, and Major William Woods, and fur- nished a team of horses, a two- seated spring wagon, grub stake for the party, and a race was made from | the Red river at Fargo to the Mis-| souri river. Jackman’s party reached the location of the proposed crossing ona nena on the land that was se- ected by The Lake Superior and} 2 Puget Sound Land company for the |i, territory: townsite. Maj. Woods held the land and resided o nthe land, which was! afterwards known as the Jackman | came to Edwinton with Dr, Burleigh’s \railroad outfit. quarter. 2 a ! Selected Another Tract | AL ictaieeiecmataomaal aelaeate aay On May 13, 1872, Thomas H. Can- field, George W. Sweet, who was the attorney for The Lake Superior and Puget Sound Land company, and (General Rosser, chief engineer, ar- fived at the crossing of the Missouri | and finding that the land that they fhad selected for a townsite was held ‘and occupied by other parties, they| selected another tract of land further back from the river which was the north one-half of Section 4, in Town- ship 138, Range 80, for a townsite. ‘The selection of this land was made ‘May 14, 1872, and the land was sur- eyed and platted: as the townsite of Edwinton by George W. Sweet. Burleigh and Keith, railroad con- tractors, received the contract to grade 50 miles of roadbed from the ‘Missouri river east, and this railroad grade was completed to the Missouri river during the summer of 1872. After Col. George W. Sweet had the townsite surveyed and a plat made, hhe commenced selling lots, giving the purchaser @ quit claim deed. Burleigh and Keith, through their agent, B. C. Ash, applied for lots upon which to build a warehouse, and their build- fing was the first one erected in Ed- ywinton and was located on the corner ‘of Main and Third Streets. When the Northern Pacific was being graded ecross the plains towards the Mis- souri river, people commenced to head for the Missouri river, knowing that a town would be built where the railroad crossed the river. Many came by covered wagon, some by 0x teams, and a number of men walked into Bismarck. John W. Plummer and Samily and other early settlers came with Dr. Burleigh’s grading outfit. ‘Mathew O’Brien and family, George ‘A. Joy and family and John Sebrey nd family came from Minnesota and grossed Dakota Territory by teams winton to post of an election to be eld fall for |delogate to Congr for the Ter tory of Dakota, Hon. E. A. Williams then a young law . requested the deputy Unite marshal to in-! clude a notice for the election of two| |members of the House cf Represent tives to be elected Th Williams and W. P. Lyman became candidates for members of the leg! lature. Both Williams ‘and Lyman Lyman had a team! | of horses and, after the election, they Heft for Yankton, driving all the wi {by team on the east side of the river. | After arriving at Yankton, their right to seats in the legislature was con- teested, but after some delay the con- test was settled in their favor and they both served in the 10th legista- tive session of the Territory of Dakota. |The Northern Pacific road was com- pleted to a point about 40 miles east jof the Missouri river. but a bad bliz: |zard in November, 1872, caused the; | work to be suspended until the fol-| lowing spring. In December, 1872,/ |when winter closed in, there were! |about 35 buildings in Edwinton, built; | mostly of cottonwood logs with dirt | roofs, also some people living in tents, |and probably the first winter there | were about 150 people living in Ed. | Winton, and in December the offi jeials of the Northern Pacific Rail. road gave Bismarck its name, chang-; ing the name from Edwinton to Bis- marck, for the purpose of attracting German people and also as an in- ducement to obtain German capital | jto aid in building the road. At the time of building the North- \ern Pacific Railroad all of the present [State of North Dakota east of the | Missouri river was divided into two | counties, Pembina on the east and | Buffalo on the west, and during the legislative session of 1873, the rail- lroad officials requested Hon. Enos | | Stutsman, a member of the Territo-) |rial council from Pembina, to intro- jduce a bill creating new counties along the line of the proposed rail- | road. This was done, and the coun- | ties of Cass, Burbank, Stutsman, Kid- der and Burleigh were created along; with other counties. The object of the officials of the ‘Northern Pacific Railroad in having all these counties | created, was in order to facilitate the | sale of bonds of the new road. Hon. | E. A. Williams gave Burleigh county | its name, naming the county in honor John H. THE “Overhead Doors” Installed in the Sheriff’s Garage cannot blow open nor blow shut. Fit tight and operate easily. Save fuel and. repairs. The modern door for the modern garage. - Sold by Holman Avenue Ne. \e%— e | ° the St. Paul Dispatch: “Our late |...” RRR eee Sea ; : SS Ca ital Dev lo Register of Deeds townsman, Crummey, seems to be if District Jud f | well established at Bismarck, - Reli- ge | gious services, including the preach. | ®————————————# e e | ing of a sermon, were held in Crum- n To ortion it mey’s establishment without inter- i ruption of the regular games, On \ each side of the stand occupied by ‘ ¥ the clergyman faro banks were in bd: ine Extension Players were aulctiy intent on thet aa) e e ' players were quietly intent on their 7 e ! ae the rattling of their 1 ~ rer ihieesws vory chips were distinctly to be “y Early Frontier Life Is Described in Short History of This District! heard in the pauses of the prayer { U ‘ . phat . | and sermon. One of the luc! jam- Written ! : William A. Falconer, Resident of H blers sald he admired the pluck of the “gospel slinger,” and if.a hat had 4 ismarck for Many Years been passed for him, he would have re g H ropped in it a big stack of his Brothe i 4 FIRST NORTHERN PACIFIC TRAIN REACHED HERE IN 1873 chips” The story was wholly untrue, While Webb “4 did not furnish the Tile and like many other stories of the x Floors in either th Tells of Business Struggles, Murders, and Fights With Elements| ne ae Donelee reac Loe fy ¥y : coctiaphebel tale | or told by tenderfeet. if courthouse or the World ‘y,_\ memorial building, as First Men in This District Worked to Estab- | The first train reached Bismarck Seino: s (ano | on June 5, 1873, and 1,000 tons of \. we have seen the advantage: oF ni. type of floor is! ivilization Here freight was received at the Bismarck for both jal and home us, A co nbtitat bec : station, the first week the office was | Ned commercial am and have now { By W. A. FALCONE! { opened, on which the freight charges secur: went The history of Birleigh county is closely connected with the! poate a bedhece i and near vs ‘vive aaa De wu building of the Northern Pacific railroad. On July 2, 1864,| mack “Tribune and the pictns| rags: Ng Wate congress granted aid to the Northern Paci Railroad company ; presses came through on the first JUDGE R. G. McFARLAND & any glace in North to build a railroad and telegraph line from Lake Superior to train. The first publication was of| Judge R. G. McFarland, Jamestown, j Puget Sound, but it was not until years later that active EE RENN || aie? ies ena Second baad was present at the dedicatory exer- : a. r i eet on July 11, an ie paper was = | oi, , cs Tuo lena) dada) AOC road. | Fred Swenson, régister of deeds, has ants. Mrs. Swenson, his deputy, ts| lished as a weekly thereafter. eais| Se Held at es Sone biiee eae : j_Un,May, 1870, ground was broken at a point 30 miles west of Duluth, at a a as aren at the left and his daugnter, | patch from. Yankton dated July 10 urday. 2 rO { q bes miles west of Duluth, at a place known as the N. P. Junction, and his wife and daughter as his assist-|Miss Thelma, is shown at the right. "\stated that Governor Burbank had rs | the road was pushed westward from that point. About the first of January,! appointed John P. Dunn, James A. | following officers: H. N. ‘Ross, i 1872, the Northern Pacific reached the Red river at a point where the city| Eeemong and William H.’ H. Mercer | sheriff; Dan Williams, register of H « of Fargo was afterwards built, Prio: to the time the Northern Pacific rail- Y. A. Burleigh, who was al.agent: Bismarck Brewery, H. Bose,| commissioners for Burleigh’ orc | deeds; J. S. Carvelle, judge of pro- i road entered the Territory of Dakcta, there were a few white settle tractor, United States In-| proprietor, fresh lager beer; Fred i appointed | bate; Dr. B ‘chter, A ™ GNRE tin east side of the Miss reer ih What APA liver a iid “dledspate “to CURRIE watchmaker and jeweler; Dunn being the only one appointed | bate; B, F. Slaughter, coroner; pee “4 ace se, eh in what is now Burleigh county. ota ert tery. eee John A. Stoyell, StREDAY ae ae: at of the three persons who were en-|John Bowen, surveyor; and John A. 7 s earl , Henry | Ree ; : eee ee a p y + St-| Gorsed by the citizens of Bismarck, | Stoyell, county attorney. Voting pre- 4, Wood yard about six miles south of and wagons, reaching. Bismarck the | ony te Totils /idauoe 7 Coxe) Beier 3.7 |, On duly. 16) ths commissioners met | Winsts. ware /eerablistied at amaica’ Bins aS near Sibley Island, and| latter part of July, 1 T. P. Davis | ¢——__— Pits wat eee domeg inn M~| i Bismarck and organized by elect- | and James B. Bailey and Fred C. = a pt Soe Las head and wife drove ross the tel tory | Shite ape’ itowitig | cate euuaed tied 7 a Ward. Une ing James A. Emmons chairman, and | Hollemback were appointed justices . H. H. - from the Red river, arriving in Bis- | perso: ged in business in| prictor: geet » DY. | the commissioners then appointed the (Continued on page seven) solrl river by steamboat in the fall| marek in Aurust, 1672, Other early| Bismarck: Delemater and “Beetle, TERE Curae cites eae ; 46 1869, and settled at Painted Woods, |seitlers eame up the Missouri rivey lawyers: Louls and Monroe, paint Taons, “proprietor, leaves the GRpttAl| <o ane 4 Where they started a wood yard, get- by steamboat, among whom were Mr.|'The Exchange Saloon, White and|fotel Grow ‘dey’ for Fort “Abrenam | ALL THE ing out cord wood for the use of the|and Mrs. R.'R. Marsh and Mr. and! Regan, proprietors; John Mason, Bil- | Lincoln: M Sparenberg, architect; | Steamboats the following spring. | |Mrs, James A. Emmons. Mr. and Mrs.|iiard Hall and Saloon; Morton Club | James SkRGe, qAlfin. pistols *ARMENES| omas H. Canfield was a director |J. B. Bailey were among the earl fs Glaloot| SPAN: Greet | atest ota tice ete ered eT { s the Northern Pacific Railroad |setlers, arriving in Bismar ismiarok’ “Aeadémy, in| ond gears foe erick: ean | e e f and he was als i- | gust, 18 ch i tL OW.Ie as see ara? “1 i igh C Gent pryie Take 8 sont. cna fa a rick ainicesn (was ‘built aunnpatie loinc gee Nisa Pid alle hall, J. S. Ward, proprietor; | The Gompletion of the New Burleigh County Plumbin Heatin nd f 4 mang Wares voles pen com- | summer of 1872, on the hi Hon the| teacher; | Marshall and Campbell | aya an eatitak Teppba ear | 5 9 ication of townsites, Ra tieriite lpi oppesite mene the sent Lede aL ales di ee iG ch bias and billiard hall; Gibbs and Cady, : Court House is another tribute to quality of the Northen Pacific Railroad, and | the Northern Pacific Railroad Reel ation, proprictan ear ite sha Paton voonecactas ead Maen | ' ‘ ‘ s Y auxiliary to the Northern Pa-| touched the east bank of the river 7 ste d legen oe i construction wi i in- § 3 Miseeteiintatbckineny. “insthe early |The name: of this fort’ was 1ACNO-lcniees peak, WoBoelew ALACORE IC Cito nie Gee ne eee auety Ss era q spring of 1872, work commenced on| vember, 1872, changed to Fort Abra- | pany. W. W. Conner, cashier; W. B.| Youkion until me a ee al a ; { the al ng ot tne Northern Pacific ham Lineotn ER LC a Bennet ea ee ell ment for our City ‘and County. vest from river} In the y part of August, 1872. | chandis i y, drug | to | q across the plains of Dakota Terri-| the steamboat Ida Stockdale Tassded | CRpe A ceca kee STE erties jenn _ In the New : tory, for a distance of 200 miles to |Company D. of the 17th Infantry. ap aw; B. F. Slaughter, physician | my Tenge ener rity, Missot 5 who took post and pitched their tents } 2 "Rosier, fashion- | is ; “ a John J. Jackman, one of the early|on the plain where Camp Hancock | ee eee da Tale outbreak e eee We are proud of the part we had by the : Citizens of Bismarck and Burleigh| was afterwards buill, and on the| Marsh and compa an and Col. C. A. Lounsberry sec- | i ; ‘ county, was a member of the engi-| ground now occupied by the United) w. H. Stimpson, ’ general C The meeting was held in a installation of ur (aI ount 0) neering department of the Northern |States weather bureau. These troops | agent, paper collars, confectioner’ Serre Pratt aed Rete woe ouse acific Railroad company, and | were stationed at this point as a pro-| etc,; Clark and Bill, general store; | Sates tab tie | > through one of the clerks in the and tection to the men who were working Concert Saloon and. “Danes Hall, | Soot wrarcaiied ee ciementet . a ent of said company, atjon the railroad je on the river) choice liquors, fine cigars, and pleas- : asia Seg | Frigidai i S a i 0 ; : ars, as- | Ob rigidaire Coo! 4 Brainerd, Minn, Jackman obtained|botiom, cath of the town of EWiN~ Sn ngselations, Nell and Malin, obtaining an expression of the clti- igidaire Water Cooling System Sei poprecd croscing of the 3aiee| + | proprietors; Pioneer Tobacco Store| the office of county commissioners, | ante var a itiowcuiaveniitie idiot | ceuscitawe meaesanlalivcs | phate ameneen, proprietor; United | that Burleigh county had been cre- ; ean aliptiad tee aid ot 5 J) States Express office, W. S. Bown, ated, and that the governor would ! Were installed by 2] if CaF “i ——.,|appoint three men who were resi- i dents of the county as county com-| missioners. A ballot was taken with | —% the result that John P. Dunn re-; = ceived 105 votes, Asa Fisher, 64, John White 62, H. N. Ross, 50 and James A. Emmons, 17 votes, and the nam lor Dunn, Fisher and White were jrecommended for appointment and |the petition forwarded to the gov- ernor at Yankton for his approval. | Construction Heads Frank G. Grambs;, Phone 561 304 Main Ave» Bismarck, N. Dak B. K. SKEELS 318 Main Ave. Bismarck, N. Dak. In Bism: all frontier towns, = === the church and the school kept pac: q |with the march of civilization; and | in the spring of 1873, Rev. David C.! Lyon came through to the end of the; track on the first train, and then drove into Bismarck by team, to look | after the interest of the Presbyterian | Church. He preached on Sunday, | May 11, holding the second religious | service ever held in Bismarck. The service was held in a large tent that was owned by Jim Crummey and use P. ¥. Johnson, iit, coasteuction|as a saloon and gambling hall, andj head for the builders and N. E Free-| during the service the tables were} burg, right, construction supervisor | covered with cloth and all games were, for the county commission, were in| suspended. But here is the way Ge- charge of the erection of the new orge Alfred Townsend, a newspaper Burleigh County. courthouse and jail. correspondent, reported the event to; We are proud of the fact that we furnished the | | Washed Sand, Gravel and Did the Excavating When in need of Careful and satisfactory drayage and transfer services, The completion and dedication of the new Burleigh County Courthouse Marks another big attainment for Bismarck and We congratulate Burleigh County, its County Commissjoners and Red- linger & Hanson, the contractors, on the completion of thd beautiful new construction of this from our yard. Floors of Everlasting Beauty Terrazzo Floors and Stairs ens: eee te sha sam, Soe Bismarck Lumber |} |-, Installed by the CARLIE: Company \ ' Sani -Stone Produce Co., Inc. Wachter Transfer Co. DULUTH, MINNESOTA Floors of Everlasting Beauty {| Phone 62 Bismarck, N. D. WOODWORK | NORTHWESTERN SASH & DOOR CO. Manufacturers of } Sash-doors and fine interior finish, office id : furniture, bank fixtures and stair roe ae Fargo, N. Dak. Fergus Falls, Minn. We Appreciate The part we had in presenting to the citizens of Bismarck. » and Burleigh County their new Court House and Jail We Are Proud Of the part we had in the construction of The New Burleigh County Court House ‘Al thé we cndiwcek palnling fm the Court Hotue and eallra We did all the Electrical Wiring and In- ‘We congratulate the Citizens of Bismarck . painting of the interior of the Jail was done by us. jon. ; Burleigh County f stall i lation of Electrical Fixtures. On the Completion and dedication of _ _ Their New Court \ JOHN MAASSEN _ House and Jail Painting Contractor 206 Eighth Street. Phone 79. E. E. Ricker Phone 81. 206 Broadway