| Summary: | present town of Braddock was platted and named MIRIAM for Mrs. Albert B. Peterson, local resident. The plat was never filed however. Braddock incorporated as a village in Nov., 1916. John C. Brown was appointed postmaster Feb. 24, 1899. (7, p. 47; 55, p. 7; 80) BROPHY: See TEMVIK. BUCHANAN: An inland post office by Long Creek on Sec. 30-136-77 established Nov. 17, 1884 with Isene A. Goodwin, postmaster; discontinued May 23, 1894 and mail sent to Williamsport. This post office was in Buchanan Valley where Robert Buchanan settled in 1883 and his place became a popular stopping place for the overland traveler from Bismarck to Williamsport. (80) CAMPBELL: See KINTYRE. CORBINVILLE: Ben Corbin, an early settler, tried unsuccessfully to found a village on his land. No other data available. (12, 11/24/01) DAKEM: A rural post office established March 21, 1890, 16 miles east of Linton on Sec. 28-182-74, near Beaver Creek was given a composite name by its postmaster, Mrs. Sarah V. Braddock. The name is made up of the first three letters of Dakota and the first two letters of the county name, Emmons. The postmaster's husband Edward Braddock, for whom Braddock was named, carried the mail daily to and from Winchester, 22 miles west, by horse and buggy, called the stage. The post office was discontinued Nov. 15, 1909. (3/4/61, Anna Braddock Crain, Minneapolis, Minn.; 80) DALE: A rural post office near the state line on SW^j. Sec. 7-129-77 near Cat-tail Creek established June 11, 1891 with Joseph Clark, postmaster; discontinued Nov. 30, 1923 and mail sent to Pollock, S. Dak. The name may be descriptive of the location. (80) DANA: E. C. Blanchard, former division superintendent of the Northern Pacific Ry. suggested this station on Sec. 16-136-76 be named for Charles A. Dana, who with other famous journalists were excursionists from the east to our state at that time. (73) DANBURY: A rural post office established June 29, 1887 with Dan M. Geil, postmaster; discontinued July 5, 1894 and mail sent to Williamsport. Supposedly .named for Danbury, Iowa. (80) EAST LINTON: In July, 1902, a newly formed townsite company platted a townsite one-half mile east of Linton to be known as East Linton. (12, 8/10/02) EMMONSBURG: This Missouri River town on Sec. 14-132-79 at the mouth of Big Beaver Creek was named for its county. The county was named for James A. Emmons, one of the early steamboat captains 105 Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited with Multi-Page TIFF Editor.
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