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Dakota Place Names
A Tale of Three Thousand Cities: From Abercrombie to Zeeland...from
Absaraka to Zap...North Dakota's history is written across the face
of the map!
By Douglas A. Wick
Sweetgrass Publications, Bismarck, North Dakota, 1999,
237 pages, softcover
(Book out of print - not available)
Douglas A. Wick's North Dakota Place Names chronicles the
stories of more than 3,000 "cities" that have existed in
the state. some of these places never developed beyond a railroad
siding or a single farm house, while a precious few have continued
to thrive and grow. An unusually large number of places have had more
than one name. The current official state roadmap shows about 500
locales, many of which have been in decline almost from their founding
as railroad boom towns.
The author spent much of 1978 to 1988 researching original records,
reviewing existing jubilee books, interviewing local residents for
local anecdotes and folklore, and visiting countless sites of abandoned
settlements to created a unique history of the state. While books
of this type can neither be complete or completely accurate, North
Dakota Place Names is widely acclaimed as one of the best books
of its type, and has stood the test of time.
Douglas Wick writes the following in the Introduction: "A
large percentage of the place names in this book are rural post
offices. A few of these facilities had their own buildings, and
many were housed in country stores, but most were located in the
home of the postmasters and move about as different people assumed
the duties of the position."
The book also includes a detailed County Index, extensive bibliography,
and photographs.
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Bismarck about
1925 |
Goodrich about
1908 |
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McClusky on January
8, 1910 |
Steele about 1910 |
North Dakota Place Names
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