Origins of North Dakota place names

• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: North Dakota State Library 2014
• Subjects: Akra; Roebuck; Iceland
• Online Access: http://cdm16921.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/ndsl-books/id/16720

town is an abandoned store, one dwelling, a loading platform and yards and a portion of a grain elevator. It promises to be within a few years, another ghost town. (19, vol. 22, nos. 1 & 2, p. 45; 73; 76) RAYMOND: An early-day Missouri River port established two and one-half miles north of the present town of Sanger on SW1/4 See 24-143-81. Named for Tom Raymond, an old buffalo hunter who came from the upper Missouri region and settled in the Knife River Valley in the early 70s, where the Raymond Coulee and Raymond Flats are named for him. He had an old buffalo gun, a Sharpe's rifle, with which he could hit large game at a distance of a half mile. (8, p. 29) RHEIN: A post office established on NW% See 13-142-87 by 1902. Peter Bumann was postmaster in 1907. The post office was discontinued soon after. Origin of name not known. (80) SANGER: Established in SEV4 Sec. 31-143-81 in 1879 and first called BENTLEY for Dr. W. A. Bentley, local resident and member of the Territorial Legislature, and designated as the county seat. The post office was established June 6, 1881 with George Sanger, postmaster. After the county seat was moved to Center in 1884 the name was changed to Sanger for C. Henry Sanger, former county commissioner and townsite owner. (7, p. 337; 19; 73; 76; 80) SEROCO: An inland post office in the northeastern part of the county. A coined word—combination of the first two letters of Sears Roebuck & Co., a Chicago retail firm which made a wide distribution of their catalogue by mail. (10, p. 785) SILO: An inland post office established by 1903 a few miles west of Sanger with George Maxwell, postmaster; now discontinued. Origin of name not known. (80) YUCCA: In 1882, C. M. Whitman operated a small trading post and store here on the bank of Square Butte Creek in Sec. 10-141-86. A post office was established in the store in 1903 and named HEART RANCH for a ranch owned by the storekeeper, Whitman. Shortly after, the name was changed at the suggestion of Mrs. R. H. Walker, local resident, to Yucca, for the native yucca lily (Spanish Bayonet) which grows profusely in this area. The post office was discontinued in 1928; reestablished in 1931. (76) PEMBINA COUNTY ALMA: See BOWESMONT. AKRA: The town and its township were named by the Icelandic settlers, who came to this area from Akra, Iceland in 1878. The town, 219 Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited with Multi-Page TIFF Editor.