MANDAN Historical Society

Working to Preserve & Promote Mandan's Heritage since 2004

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The 1880s

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FDR Visit August 1936

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1958 Lincoln Stamp FDC

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Area Landmarks

Cary Bldg - Mandan Drug

CCC Camp Chimney

Christ the King Church

Collins Av Civic Bldg

First Lutheran Church

First National Bank Bldg

First Presbyterian Church

Great Plains Academy

Great Plains Expermt Stn

Lewis & Clark Hotel

Mandan Hill

Mandan Theatre

MV Produce Warehouse

Methodist Church

NP Beanery

NP "Colonial" RR Depot

NPRR Freighthouse

NP Rail High Bridge

Roughrider Statue

St Joseph Church

WWar Memorial Bldg

Youth Correctional Center

Gone Forever

Central School

Collins Ave Courthouse

Cummins Building

Deaconess Hospital

Eielson Field

Emerson Inst/Opera House

First St Federal Building

Havana Club

Hotel Nigey

InterOcean Hotel

Liberty Memorial Bridge

Mandan Creamery & Produce

Mandan Flour Mill

Merchants Hotel

NP "Queen Anne" Depot

Original Passenger Depot

Palace Theatre

Peoples' Hotel

Rock Haven

Topic Theatre

Young's Tavern

Heritage Homes

Altnow-Smith Home

Dunlap-Harris Home

Ellis-Uden Home

Freeburg-Esser Home

Lyon-Weigel Home

McGillic Home

Olson-Brick Home

Parkins-Cooley Home

Stutsman-Wyatt Home

Swanson-Reichman Home

Welch-Ness Home

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Genealogy Links

Biographies A-C

J D Allen

Franklin Anders

Richard Baron

James Bellows

George Bingenheimer

Margaret Bingenheimer

Philip Blumenthal

Elijah Boley

Frank Briggs

Leo Broderick

William Broderick

Frank Bunting

Lyman Cary

James Clark

Henry Coe

Viola Boley Coe

Daniel Collins

Elizabeth Custer

George Custer

Biographies D-L

Alice Dahners

Henry Dahners

C E V (Charles) Draper

Esther Davis

Tony Dean

Joseph Devine

Ronald Erhardt

John Forbes

Palma Fristad

Gilbert Furness

Aloysius Galowitsch

Frederic Gerard

Zalmon Gilbert

Charles Grantier

James Hanley Jr

James Hanley Sr

Mary Harris

C Edgar Haupt

Michael Lang

William Langer

Albert Lanterman

William Lanterman

Richard Longfellow

Rolland Lutz

Hiram Lyon

Biographies M-R

George Marback

Gary Miller

Lee Mohr

Margaret Naylor

John Newton

Anton Ness

John Osterhouse

George Peoples

Arthur Peterson

Nels Romer

Hoy Russell

Walton Russell

Antonie Rybnicek

Ervin Rybnicek

Hynek Rybnicek

Biographies S-Z

Margaret Schaaf

George Shafer

Benjamin Shaw

William Simpson

Anna Knox Stark

Mary Stark

Benjamin Stephenson

J O Sullivan

John Sullivan

Era Bell Thompson

Andrew E Thorberg

Ida Thorberg

C L Timmerman

George Toman

Earle Tostevin

Edwin A Tostevin Sr

Edwin D Tostevin Jr

Walter Tostevin

Felix Vinatieri

A B Welch

Levon West

Frank Wetzstein

Harry Wheeler

Philomena Yunck

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What's New

Statehood & the Collapse of Farm Prices 1890-1899
 
1890
   
1891
On June 9, Major Powell received telegraphed notice from the US Department of the Army that Fort Lincoln was to be abandoned.  A followup letter the following week was to outline the disposition of the troops and materials currently stationed at the fort.

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The Mandan Roller Mill underwent major expansions during the year.  In August, a new wood barrel-making operation began to supply the wood barrels to package the flour.  Construction began on a warehouse addition to hold over 2000 barrels as well as a 50 thousand bushel grain elevator to the north of the mill.  And later that same year, the mill was sold to the ND Millers' Association, a group of North Dakota-based banks and individuals.

1892
The year started with the traditional well attended bachelor's New Year's reception party. The venue was nicely arranged and decorated and illuminated with pink shade lamps.  Dainty refreshments were gallantly served to the women.  At the end of the evening, each lady received a souvenir card together with a bouquet of cut flowers specially imported from Fargo.
 
Monday January 25 saw the opening of the State Bank of Morton County. The officers of the bank were W.A. Lanterman, President; H.R. Porter, Vice-President; and C.A. Kinney, Cashier.

State Bank of Morton County c1906
The building is 22'x 30'.  The walls and ceilings of the banking room are richly frescoed in oil with rich floral borders and dados, "representing the iridescent hues of the rainbow."  The fixtures and desks were constructed of solid carved cherry wood, and the floor inlayed of a wood parquette design.  The front is of French plate glass, one large pane 10'x12' placed in an oblong position surmounted with an assortment of smaller white and colored panes.

The first deposit subject to check was from Mrs. A.R. McDonald.  The first savings deposit was the 500 pennies of three-year-old LaRue Shaw, son of Attorney Shaw.

1893
   
1894
Hard financial times followed the Market Panic of 1893.  Wheat and farm commodity prices fell in late Spring, and tax revenues and area incomes fell. The excessive spending approved by the Legislature almost bankrupted the State.

   
 
1897
A young cowboy known as Lee Allen had drifted into Mandan and began working at the Mackin Ranch south of Mandan. Allen locked the nineteen-year-old rancher’s son in the cellar and then robbed the house, escaping with a stolen horse and saddle. After learning that Allen had subsequently found work in Montana, Morton County Sheriff Charles McDonald traveled the two hundred miles, surprised Allen as he slept on his gun and returned him to Mandan to stand trial. Allen’s real name was Frank James, a cousin of the notorious James brothers. He had escaped from the South Dakota state prison prior to coming to Mandan.
1899
   

The MHSoc's museum and office is located at 3827 30th Avenue NW; PO Box 1001; Mandan, ND 58554
Contact us at info@mandanhistory.org


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