MANDAN Historical Society

Working to Preserve & Promote Mandan's Heritage since 2004

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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

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2nd Liberty Memr'l Bridge

Mandan Hill

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Youth Correctional Center

Gone Forever

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Collins Ave Courthouse

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Eielson Field

Emerson Inst/Opera House

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Mandan Flour Mill

Merchants Hotel

ND Memorial Bridge

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Peoples' Hotel

Red Trail / State Route 3

Rock Haven

Topic Theatre

Young's Tavern

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Altnow-Smith Home

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Ellis-Uden Home

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Parkins-Cooley Home

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James Bellows

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Margaret Bingenheimer

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William Broderick

Frank Bunting

Lyman Cary

James Clark

Henry Coe

Viola Boley Coe

Daniel Collins

Elizabeth Custer

George Custer

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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

Elfriede Trinkler Kuhn

Michael Lang

William Langer

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William Lanterman

Richard Longfellow

Rolland Lutz

Hiram Lyon

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Gary Miller

Lee Mohr

Margaret Naylor

John Newton

Anton Ness

John Osterhouse

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Arthur Peterson

Nels Romer

Hoy Russell

Walton Russell

Antonie Rybnicek

Ervin Rybnicek

Hynek Rybnicek

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George Shafer

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William Simpson

Anna Knox Stark

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J O Sullivan

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Ida Thorberg

C L Timmerman

George Toman

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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

Parkin-Cooley Home - 305 6th Ave NW
This property was first listed in 1884 as the property of John Fogarty who owned and operated a railroad contractor company.  However records of the first occupants were listed as renters Joseph and Mary Smith.  The current home was constructed c. 1910 by Walter and Lucy Parkins and is a fine example of an arts and crafts style home.  The interior still boasts the original pantry, woodwork and light fixtures.

Walter Parkins first came to Dakota Territory in 1884.  He served as Indian Trader at Fort Yates from 1889 -1903 and was later appointed as a livestock purchasing agent on the Standing Rock Reservation.  A rancher himself, he owned the north half of section 5, township 135N range 80W as well as the entire section 29 in township 136N range 80W.  He served on the Board of Directors of the Merchants National Bank of Mandan
including as Vice President at his death in 1914.

Upon his passing, his wife Lucy took in renters including a young lawyer named Charles Cooley.  He met and fell in love with the Parkins’ daughter Ruth.  Charles Cooley and Ruth Parkins were married 1919 and remained in the home with Ruth’s mother.  Mr. Cooley served as Mandan City Commissioner for 8 years starting in 1928.  He was instrumental in assuring a replacement building was constructed when the Mandan City Hall
burned down the night after his first city commission meeting.  Today, we refer to this replacement building as the downtown Fire Station.  Mr. Cooley was also appointed to various civic advisory and state-wide boards.  He also served on the Board of Directors of the First National Bank for 22 years.

The ownership of the home passed to the Cooley's in 1938 upon the death of Lucy Parkins.  Charles Cooley remained in the home until 1959 until his death.  His widow Ruth continued to live in the home until 1981.

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


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