| Summary: | Baseball was the main attraction in the summer and Binford had good teams. In addition to playing the neighboring towns, they travelled by horse and buggy as far away as Pingree, New Rockford, Courtenay, Kensal, Dazey, and Rogers. Names that are mentioned in recalling these baseball games are Tenus Norswing, Oscar Greenland, Theodore Kittelson, Ray McCauley, Gus Evers, Oscar (Rabbit) Aim, Harold "Hod" Ehlers, Irish Peterson, Albert "Ding" Ringlee, Emil "Doc" Ringlee, "Tug" Carlan- der, "Scrappy" Graff, Frank Bessie, Albert and Henry Alfson, and Gulliver Peterson. One of the first mascots was Howard Lewis, whose father was also on the team. Closely associated with Binford is Red Willow Lake, just eight miles northwest of town. In 1916 the Red Willow Lake Association was formed to build up and promote the resort at the lake. The present owners, Bill and Vernice Haines, have continued to improve the resort. MARDELL Mardell was located on Section Thirteen (13), Washburn Township. It was platted by Samuel H. Reynolds in 1882. The plat was filed by Richard P. Sherman at Valley City on June 1, 1882 because Griggs County was not organized until June 16, 1882. It was also filed at Griggs County on July 30, 1881. Richard P. Sherman chose the name. It was said to be a contraction of "Marvelous Dell." In 1882 a hotel called the Park Avenue was built. It had about twenty rooms. The Mardell Post Office was established April 3, 1882 with Theodore F. Kerr as postmaster. The Townsite of Mardell has been an unmarked field for many years. KARNAK - ^Fairview) Founded in 1910, was filed under the name of "Fairview" on April 10, 1912 by Luverne Land Company. Great Northern Railway track reached Karnak May 3, 1912. The townsite of Karnak was located on lane! orginally owned by Henry Curtis. Karnak. Post Office was established February 27, 1913 with John J. Hogness as postmaster. It was first named "Fairview" because the Sheyenne River Valley was plainly visible and gave a pleasant view. As the Great Northern Railway had another station by that name—"Fairview, Montana—another name was chosen. The railroad officials chose "Karnak," at random from a general list that the railroad engineering department had in their files. It was named "Karnak" on November 20, 1912. Walum in 1907 WALUM The town of Walum is in Greenfield Township. It was named in 1902 for Martinius Wallum. Mr. Wallum was a pioneer, who lived about one-fourth mile north of the townsite. According to L. Perrin, advertising manager, Northern Pacific Railroad, St. Paul, "It was named Wallum by a Northern Pacific railway roadmaster, J. E. Johnson, of Cooperstown at the suggestion of his friend, Claus Jackson. When objection was made to the name 'Wallum' the only change the objec tors succeeded in making was to have the name spelled with only one 'I'." Walum was settled in 1902; platted in 1905 on land delonging originally to the homestead of Aslak Gunderson; plat filed on May 18, 1905 by his son Peter A. Gunderson. A railroad siding was built in September, 1902. Walum post office was established on November 7, 1904 with Martin J. Massing as postmaster. 56 Scanned with a Zeutschel Zeta book scanner at 300 dpi. Edited in Multi-page TIFF Editor.
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