| Summary: | office was established Aug. 26, 1913 with Ludwig H. Lewis, postmaster. (11, p. 236; 76; 80) TARBELL: A rural post office named for J. R. Tarbell, who with his family settled at the junction of the James River and Beaver Creek in 1880, where the post office was established July 25, 1881 with E. A. Tarbell, postmaster; discontinued April 26, 1886 and mail sent to Montpelier. (11, p. 190; 80) TENTH SIDING: See ELDRIDGE. VASHTI: Rev. Levi Jarvis, a retired Methodist minister homesteaded the land in See 19 of Pipestem Valley Twp. on which the townsite was platted in 1910 and named for his wife Mollie Vashti Jarvis. The name is of Biblical origin, appearing in the book of Esther. Rev. Jarvis was active in inducing relatives and friends from Iowa to settle in North Dakota. The post office was established in Vashti Aug. 11, 1916 with Peter H. Boileau, postmaster. (73; 76; 80) WINDSOR: This N.P.R.R. townsite platted in 1882 in Sec. 32 of Windsor Twp. The name was suggested by that of Windsor, Ont., there is a rise of 300 ft. which marks the division between the Central Lowland and the Great Plains. It is also on record that it was named by G. A. Jeffrey, townsite proprietor, for his former home, Windsor, Ont. And that it was named for H. H. Windsor, St. Paul, Minn., printer of early N.P.R.R. schedules. The post office was established Nov. 5, 1883 with George W. Nash, postmaster. (10, p. 793; 7, p. 285; 11, p. 190; 76; 80 WOODWORTH: Originally named GEM, why or by whom is not known; its post office was established Nov. 11, 1905 with Dallas L. Draper, postmaster. The station established here on Sec. 4, Strong Twp. in 1911 was named for J. G. Woodworth, traffic manager and vice president of the N.P.R.R,; incorporated as a village in 1916. The post office was established Aug. 4, 1911 with Hans J. Hanson, postmaster. (10, p. 784; 73; 80) YPSILANTI: Named for its township, which was named by eaiiy settlers from Michigan for their home state city of that name. The townsite was staked out on Sec. 7 by Wm. Hartley Colby, who came from Ypsilanti, Mich., which was named in honor of Demetrius Ypsi- lanti, the Greek revolutionary patriot. The post office was established May 29, 1882 with Wm. Ii. Colby, postmaster. In 1879 H. E. Elliott, "Cap" as he was known to his friends, v/as the first-homesteader in this area, followed by August Gussman, John Powers and George Foraninl880. (33, p. 8; 73; 80) 309 Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited with Multi-Page TIFF Editor.
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