Origins of North Dakota place names

• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: North Dakota State Library 2014
• Subjects: Alden; Arctic; Camp A; Deer Lake; Detroit; Medina; Ramona; Reeves; Two Brothers
• Online Access: http://cdm16921.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/ndsl-books/id/16808

PARKHURST: A station on the N.P.R.R. named ARCTIC when established in 1882 and renamed in August 1884 for A. G. Parkhurst, local pioneer. A post office was established here Sept. 22, 1882 with Henry Griffin, postmaster; discontinued May 5, 1900 and mail sent to Jamestown. The origin of the name Arctic, not known. (73; 80) PAST: A rural post office in Valley Spring Twp. established April 6, 1901 in the home of the postmaster, William H. Past; discontinued Sept. 30, 1902 and mail sent to Medina. (80) PHILLIPS SETTLEMENT: Named for two brothers, William and Ward Phillips, who were among the earliest settlers here on the Pipe- stem River in 1880. PINGREE: This N. P. Ry. station named for its township, was established on Sec. 34. The township was named for Hazen Senter Pingree, who with a rack and wagon and a team of oxen came to this section of D. T. in 1880 to start a potato plantation. When the venture failed, he went to Detroit, Michigan, where he became a prominent shoe manufacturer, was elected mayor of the city and served twice as governor of the state (1897-1900). Another record shows this small station on the line of the Jamestown and Northern R. R. was platted in 1880 by John Alden, who named it for David Pingree, an early local land owner from Salem, Mass. The post office was established Oct. 26, 1882 with Daniel Piercy, postmaster. Pingree was incorporated as a village in 1917. (7, p. 205; 76; 80) PRAIRIE: A descriptive name for a rural post office established Feb. 17, 1900 in Sec. 2, Deer Lake Twp. with Mary C. Chadduck, postmaster; discontinued Aug. 14, 1909. (28, p. 52; 80) RAMONA: See GOLDWIN. REEVES: An elevator station on the N.P.R.R. in the NWy, Sec. 13 Homer Twp. named for Bud Reeves, active in state politics and was one of the leaders in the drive for funds to support the schools. He collected large sums of money from heads of Minneapolis grain firms. (7, p. 191, 201; 28) RIO: See BUCHANAN. ROKIWAN CAMP: A boys' camp established in 1923 on eight acres along the northwest shore of Spiritwood Lake, purchased by the Jamestown Rotary and. Kiwanis Clubs. It is a coined place name from (RO)tary and (KIWAN)is. (10, p. 783) SEABORN: A rural post office established Sept. 14, 1907 in the home of the postmaster Thomas Seaborn, Sec. 12, Wadsworth Twp.; discontinued Dec. 21, 1912 and mail sent to Woodworth. (80) 307 Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited with Multi-Page TIFF Editor.