Origins of North Dakota place names

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• Published: North Dakota State Library 2014
• Subjects: East Bank; Greenland; Kerr; Pacific; Steele; Theodore; Washburn
• Online Access: http://cdm16921.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/ndsl-books/id/16636

LOVELL: This Northern Pacific Rwy. station was established on Sec. 3, Cooperstown Twp., and the siding built in 1899. The railroad official named it for Alfred Lovell, Supt. of Motive Power for the road at one time. (68, p. 57; 76) MARDELL: Platted on Sec. 13 of Washburn Twp. on the east bank of the Sheyenne River in May, 1882, by Samuel R. Reynolds. The name was selected by Richard P. Sherman and his brother, owners of the townsite, who gave it a contraction of a descriptive name "Marvelous Dell." The post office was established April 3, 1892, with Theodore F. Kerr, postmaster. It became an important rural post office situated as it was on the Griggs - Steele county line. The railroad failed to come — instead it was built into Hope and Cooperstown; the platted townsite did not develop; the post office was discontinued Dec. 20,1899, and mail sent to Pickert. Mardell faded into a ghost town in an unmarked field many years ago. (10, p. 761; 38, vol. 3, no. 8, p. 169: 68. d. 56; 76; 80) MONTCLAIR: See HANNAFORD. MOSE: The townsite on Sec. 4, Bryon Twp., was named by Oscar Greenland; and surveyed and the plat filed Sept. 15, 1903, as LEWIS, also called LEWIS SIDING. It was named for E. W. Lewis, Northern Pacific R.R. employee. The post office was established Oct. 31, 1903, with Knudt K. Alfstad, postmaster. There was another station on the N.P.R.R. named Lewis, so the name Florence was selected, but it, too, had a duplicate. Finally the name Mose was officially given the post office Aug. 21, 1904. It was the local nickname of Morris Greenland, a relative of the townsite surveyor, who was then employed in the lumberyard. By 1956 it became a ghost town. (68, p. 57; 73; 80) OTTOWA: A rural post office established on Sec. 24-148-59 May 7, ] 882, with Isaac E. Mills, postmaster; discontinued July 30, 1892. N. C. Rukke is credited with establishing and naming it for Ottowa, Minn. He was one of the first settlers in Pilot Mound Twp. and one of the first county commissioners. (1, p. 221; 68, p. 15; 80) PLEASANT VIEW: A rural post office established in the hill-top home of the postmaster, William G, Grasser, on June 21, 1898. The view from there suggested the name. The post office was discontinued July 21, 1906, and mail sent to Courtney. (76; 80) REVERE: Established in 1910 when the G.N.R.R. planned the Fargo - Surrey cut-off. The railroad reached Revere on May 18, 1912. The plat was filed by Revere - Sutton Realty Co. The post office was established May 6, 1913, with Cromwell W. Broom as postmaster. The town was named for a Mr. Revere, an easterner, who probably was 135 Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited with Multi-Page TIFF Editor.