Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1878-07-04

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Indian reservation on D evils Lake; must.
grow & thriving commercial town.
The climate, tempered in summer by
northerly, the winter by southerly Winds
is fine cnough.to satisfy any one but
chronic grumbler. Any one feeling in
credulous Of this, is cordially invited to
come and see for himself.
The pointiof crossing of the James
river by the Northern Pacific railroad was
designated by the civil engineers Of said
company early in November, 1871. On.
Nov. 11th, Of that year, Mi. Thos. s.
Collins, with John B. Colby, came to the
Crossing with the intention of trapping.
on the James; they putting up shanty
Immediately at the junction Of the James
and Pipestem, since which time Mr..
Collins has remained here, Colby going
away the next spring. On Nov. goth, a
detachment Of Company c, Goth U. s.
Infantry, under command of Lieut.. Stat.
ford, pitched tent in the valley, immedi-
ately putting up quarters below the place
where Ft. Seward was afterward located.
In May, 1872, Ft. Seward was established
and commanded by Gen H. g. Thomas;
companies B and G, Of the goth Infantry,
being stationed as the garrison. .
The townsite of Jamestown was survey
ed by J. B. Turner, for the Lake Supe
rior and Puget Sund Land Co., in 1872.
The first business firms were establish
ed in what was called, TENT Town"
situated west Of the Jal1es and north Of
the Pipestem rivers. Immediately below.
the Fort; Robt. McNider; Loring. Black
& Co.; Raymond 8 Co, keeping good
assortments Of all frontier store would
naturally keep, Vennum 8 McKechnie
keeping hotel, H. F. Elliott running q
blacksmith shop, I. Gill restaurant,
besides which seven or eight saloons were
in full career.
In the fall Of 1872, building was com.
menced on the present site Of jamestown,
east Of the james river. by the railroad
company building . water-tank, and some
snsnllt.sfIices; followed in the spring ,of
1878, by NJ. Wiseman, erecting the first
residence south of the track. James
Lees, H. G. Miller, G. J. Goodrich, p.
Moran, A. w. Kelley, Bourett, and
VIM. Goodrich, erected buildings, and
the railroad company put up the present
handsome depot building and the round
house, the same year.
Fl. Seward was abandoned, and the
buildings sold to various citizens of
jamestown, in January of this year.
stutsman county was organized Jan.
18th, 1873, by the appointment of three
1 County Commissioners by Gov. Burbank,
iiame!y: A. w. Kelley, G.. w. Tibbets
and Geo. w. Vennum, and the election by
them Of the various county officers; since
which time the organization has been
maintained much to the credit of the
various officers, in their doing what is
exceptional in new counties, the keeping
of the county out of any material debt.
There are now in jamestown depot
building, round house of two stalls
turn.tahle, section mems house, tank
house, and large coal sheds, the locomo'
tlves taking coal at this point in their
run between Fargo and Bismarck. There
are also two hotels, and large one 65x32
two and half stories high, now building
adjoining the railroad track and depot, to
serve as an eating house, and one that
would be credit to any place. Two
stores, three saloons, two blacksmith
shops, two carpenter shops, q real estate
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