The history of Wells County, North Dakota, and its pioneers : with a sketch of North Dakota history and the oregin [sic] of the place names

• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: North Dakota State Library
• Subjects: Arctic; Canada; Corral; Indian; Morton; Palermo; Pelto; Steele
• Online Access: http://cdm16921.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/ndsl-books/id/41556

North Dakota Place Names 777 were uncle and father respectively of Morton Page of Fargo. Paha Topa—A landmark of early days in Sargent county. It is an Indian name meaning "four hills." Painted Woods—Named from the fact that the Indians used the locality as a ceremonial place. The Dakotas call the place "Can-so-yapi", which means "They make the wood red,.' or "They make the timber, i. e., stick of wood, or post, red", and it would refer to the painting of a post erected for the purpose and painted red for solemn ceremonies. An old battleground between the Sioux and Aricaras (Ree). Many of the trees were painted or marked with Indian hieroglyphics, representing incidents in battle. Paisley—After Paisley, Ontario, Canada. Palermo—After a city by that name in the province of Sicily in Italy. Referred to in Shakespeare's drama, "The Merchant of Venice." Paoli—Named for Pasquale de Paoli, the Corsican patriot. Parkhurst—Named for A. G. Parkhurst, local pioneer. It was first called Arctic. Parshall—Named for Geo. Parshall, an Indian on the Fort Berthold reservation. Parkin—Named for H. S. Parkin, a pioneer of 1872 and one of the wealthiest men in Dakota in later years. His brother, Walter S. Parkin, was also a pioneer rancher in the Parkin vicinity. Park River—So called on account of the Indians building a park, or corral, on the river bank to assist them in slaying buffalo when out on hunting parties. This river was early called Sod River. Peddler's Crossing—Was the only and widely known fording place of the Sheyenne River in the Griggs-Steele county vicinity in early days. It was situated about one and one-half miles from the old-time Mardell postoffice. Peebles Mountain—Situated on Sees. 21-22, Twp. 130 N., R. 55 W., has considerable elevation above the surrounding prairies and resembles a potash kettle turned bottom side up. A pioneer day place name in Sargent county. Pelto—In the Finnish language, a plowed field. Also the name of a pioneer settler. Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited with Multi-Page TIFF Editor.