History of Mercer County, North Dakota, 1882 to 1960

• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: North Dakota State Library 2014
• Subjects: Bismarck; Hebron; Homestead; Indian; Log Cabin; Mercer; Stanton; Beaver Creek
• Online Access: http://cdm16921.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/ndsl-books/id/16157

JOHN L. CASS was a school teacher, county attorney and newspaper editor at Stanton from 1908 until.his death in 1934, age 83. Mrs. Cass passed away four years later. Their only daughter, Mrs. Irene Reinholt, passed away in 1948, age 54. Two of her sons, Milo and John, lost their lives in U. S. service, World War II. Lyle lives at Stanton; Mrs. Adam Schell, Turtle Lake; and Donald, Edward and Roger live at Fort Wayne, Ind. JACOB CHRISTMAN came to Mercer county with a sled and four horses, in 1896. They stayed at Ed Heinemeyer's farm the first night; then, with Jake Sailer the rest of the winter. They built their home, a mud house, six miles northwest of what is now Pick City. After the land was surveyed, they found their house to be on the section line and moved sixteen miles northwest to the Ree area on Beaver Creek. The children of this family who resided in Mercer county are Jake, deceased; William of Hazen, Christian, Mrs. Carl Baker of Bismarck; John, deceased, and two half brothers, Christ of Juna, Idaho, and Philip of Butte, Mont. William Christmann drove the stage for Mrs. Knoop from Mannhaven to Hannover for a number of years. He claims to be the oldest broncho buster and stage driver in the county. MATT AND JOHN CROWLEY came here in 1887. At the age of six Jack Crowley and his brother came from Minnesota to North Dakota in 1887. They were of Irish descent. They came by train to Hebron, then across country to the ranch they still own south of Beulah. They remember the Indians coming and watching their mother make bread. At one time an Indian woman gave Jack two painted cups. Later the husband came and made him give them back, thus making him "an Indian giver." Before the bridge was built they would take people across the Knife river in their boat. Jack Crowley was married to Ruby May Rude in 1912. Eight children were born. One died in a plane crash in 1946. Robert; Mrs. Margaret Jenkins; Frank; Jim; Mrs. Florence Dyson; Helen; Freda; Dorothy Sendlingle. Jack never went to school, except one year at the AC in Fargo. On May 22, 1916, Jack captured a killer named Starkweather who had killed another hired man, Bill Osterman. Matt Crowley died five years ago and has been elected to the "Texas Hall of Fame." Mrs. Crowley passed away in 1951. The Crowleys have lived on the ranch for 73 years and this information came from Frances Crowley, the fourth generation residing there. MR. AND MRS. HERMAN DANIELSON came to Mercer county in 1882. They came by train to Bismarck and drove a team and wagon to the Deapolis area. Their first home was a log cabin on the farm later known as the Gordon Alderin homestead. Their oldest son, Paul, was one of the first white children born in the county. At the time of Sitting Bull's last uprising the family went into the hills and hid in a cave for four days. His father would walk to Mandan and bring home 50 pounds of flour on his back. Friendly Indians would follow him, and his mother would bake bread for them. The children are John, deceased; Adolf and Hanna, Mrs. Stone Alderin, Stanton; Joseph of LaMesa, Calif.; Helmer; Aaron; David, deceased; Robert; and Ella, Mrs. Sam Warford, deceased. 64 Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited with Multi-Page TIFF Editor.