| Summary: | FREDERICKSON: A rural post office on Sand Creek established March 19, 1907 with Frederick R. Frederickson, postmaster; discontinued Nov. 15, 1909. (80) GAMBETTA: An inland post office midway of Cow and Sand Creeks established Jan. 13, 1909 with Isaac Decker, postmaster; discontinued Sept. 30, 1912 and mail sent to Bonetraill. Origin of name not known. (80) GLADYS: A rural post office at the source of Muddy Creek established March 1, 1906, with William H. Rowe, postmaster; discontinued March 15, 1918 and mail sent to Grenora. Origin of name not known. (80) GRENORA: Named for its township; established in Sec. 12 on the homestead of Mrs. Ragner Anderson, 46 miles north of Williston in 1916 when the Great Northern constructed a branch line to Grenora, its terminal station. Grenora is a coined word from the first few letters of (Gre)at (No)rthern (Ra)ilroad. The post office was established Nov. 25, 1916 with Lydia Elstad, postmaster. Grenora incorporated as a village Oct. 11, 1917. It was a boom town for 15 years, a primary grain market of North Dakota and far into Montana; now it is only a few miles from the oil fields. (53, Sec. D. p. 2; 76; 80) GRINNELL: This post office, located in SEy, Sec. 20-154-95, was named for George W. Grinnell, a Civil War veteran, who was transferred from the First Minn. Reg. to the U. S. Cavalry, Oct. 24, 1862, and sent into Dakota Territory for Indian warfare. Out of service, he selected bottom land of the Missouri River along Beaver Creek to farm and became the first settler in Williams County. He operated a wood- yard in the vicinity and sold wood to the steamboats in the early 70. Following the construction of the telegraph line between Forts Stevenson and Buford in 1878, a repair station was located here. The station was moved to Tobacco Garden, 10 miles west in 1881. By 1879 Grinnell had contracted with the government to supply oats for the Fort Buford horses. He dammed Beaver Creek and irrigated when needed, the 1,400 acres mainly in oats, which yielded 100 to 150 bushels per acre. He employed about 16 men to help operate the farm-ranch, roadhouse, saloon and small store. The post office was established here on Nov. 4, 1884 and continued in existence until the end of 1920, when it was discontinued. Apparently the post office had been moved from its original location, for the 1943 map indicates it is being in Sec. 7-154-95, some three miles distant from its original site. (19, vol. 22, 1 & 2, p. 55; 50, p. 57) HAARSTAD: See TEMPLE. HAMLET: This G.N.R.R. station was originally named HANKEY, when the post office in Sec. 2, Big Meadow Twp., was established in 348 Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited with Multi-Page TIFF Editor.
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