MANDAN Historical Society

Working to Preserve & Promote Mandan's Heritage since 2004

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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

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MV Produce Warehouse

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NP "Colonial" RR Depot

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NP Rail High Bridge

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St Joseph Church

WWar Memorial Bldg

Youth Correctional Center

Gone Forever

Central School

Collins Ave Courthouse

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Deaconess Hospital

Eielson Field

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First St Federal Building

Havana Club

Hotel Nigey

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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

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Altnow-Smith Home

Dunlap-Harris Home

Ellis-Uden Home

Freeburg-Esser Home

Lyon-Weigel Home

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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

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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

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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

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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

Christ the King Church - 501 N 10th Ave NW
The population influx associated with the new Standard Oil Company refinery had many impacts on Mandan.  The membership of St. Joseph's Church parish reached more than 6,500 members by 1958-59, an unheard-of size for this region and an unworkable number of effective pastoral ministry.  It was time for a second Catholic parish in Mandan.

St. Joseph's pastor Aloyius Galowitsch held a kickoff meeting on August 8, 1957.  He asked the community for day's wage per month for 30 months. Land was acquired from Dr. William Neff and Clem Albers in northwest Mandan.  Bernard Hillyer of Bismarck, a man who designed many of the churches in the Diocese, was selected as project architect.  Lund Construction won the bid for the church and school.

Even with as much labor from parishioners as possible, the new unit cost $500,000 which was a good deal of money at the time. But Christ the King was a big parish from the start, with about 500 families. Msgr. Galowitsch became its first pastor. Work progressed quickly on the school. Six rooms were ready for classes in the fall of 1958. A multipurpose room was used for parish liturgy until the church was completed.

The dedication of Christ the King Church took place on April 28, 1959. Bishop Lambert Hoch of Sioux Falls, formerly of Bismarck, was the celebrant. Bishop Hilary Hacker of Bismarck performed the blessing.  Msgr. Galowitsch was pastor for twelve years at Christ the King.

In the 1960s, Christ the King School had to be enlarged twice, the 1966 addition including a gymnasium, cafeteria and kitchen. In fact, the school maintained its vigor right through the 1970s, while other Catholic schools were declining. The enrollment in 1984 was still 435, making it by far the largest Catholic grade school in the state.
The Benedictine Sisters of Annunciation Priory taught in Christ the King School from the beginning of its history. They lived at St. Joseph's Convent down the hill, as Christ the King never had its own convent. The Sisters gradually decreased in numbers over the years until they finally withdrew completely in the 1970s. Today Christ the King has an entirely lay faculty.

Father John Kuhn became the pastor of Christ the King in 1970.  Fr. Kuhn carried forward the reforms mandated by Vatican II. The sanctuary of the church building was renovated in 1980 to better suit the Mass facing the people.

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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