| Summary: | Bridges Progress According to John H. Worst, first Supt. of School, "One of the greatest drawbacks the pioneers had to undergo the first two or three years was the absence of bridges. In teaming to or from Bismarck, Sterling or Steele, numerous small streams had to be negotiated, and the muck became so deep that it often required several teams to pull a loaded wagon through, which made it necessary for the early settlers to travel at least in pairs, so they could double up their teams at these crossings". Darwin Streeter told how he moved his printing outfit to Williamsport and his paper would have been issued from the middle of the creek if it hadn't been for Wm. Yeater who came to its rescue and pulled it out of the stream with his team. Bridges apparently had priority over roads the first few years of organized government, as the levy was set at 2 mills for bridges and only Vz mill for roads. H. A. Archambault (Shambo) ran a toll-bridge over Beaver Creek for a number of years. He also had a store and road house, so it was a gathering place for the early settlers. Emmons County's oldest steel bridge, usually called the Emmonsburg Bridge, was located about 18 miles west and 1 mile south of Linton. It was constructed in 1889 at a cost of $3,000. It replaced Shambo's toll-bridge, and in turn was replaced by the new 300-foot structure on the new river road along the edges of the Oahe Reservoir. It was a picturesque place for the young people of the vicinity to picnic and fish. Before Glen Woods and Birdie Lee were married in 1907, they had their picture taken on the Emmonsburg Bridge. When it became known that it was going to be torn down, friends went to their home and took them to the bridge site to have a snap-shot made fifty five years after the first picture was taken. Old Emmonsburg Bridge, built 1889 . $1022 FINE • FOR DRIVING OR RIDING OVER THIS BRIDGE FASTER THAN A WALK. NOT OVER IS HEAD OF STOCK, NOR OVER I5O00 POUNDS OF WEIGHT, ALLOWED ON THIS BRIDGE AT ONE TIME. Emmonsburg Bridge sign Glenn and Birdie, 1907 m^mmmmmamm Glenn and Birdie, 1962 29 Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited with Multi-Page TIFF Editor.
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