Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-12-24
DIETRICH MAKES A KILLING.

Joe Dietrich tells of his first Christ
mas in this neighborhood as being at
old Fort Clarke some ten miles north
of the present site of Washburn in 80,
where he and others were getting out
wood for sale to the boats the follow
lLg season. On Christmas day he and
others got out and killed fourteen an
telope by way of celebrating the holi-
section of land where the pump station
fol. Fort Lincoln now stands or close
thereto, and where the old grade of the
N. P. still is discernible. All The
townsites along the new road were
then owned by the Puget Sound Land
Company, who tried to buy the site
owned by the party of which Dietrich
was one. That place was what was
known as Bunleigh City and there were
three or four stores, two dance halls
and a half dozen saloons. All that
besides having the railroad grade,
which they imagined at the time could
not be changed after once having been
graded to the Point, made them feel too
rich and he says that they would not
have sold out for a million apiece.
However, the following spring they all
walked out and came to the present
site of Bismarck and Burleigh City
faded AWAY 1t was at the latter
place that he celebrated the Christmas
OF ~. s'They had a dance at my
house and danced solid week"
YBGEN AND SIATTERY MEET.
Asked how he spent his first Christ
mas in Bismarck Mr. Yegen said: 81
started north from New Orleans i'll
'6G. When we got to the head-waters
of the Red river we br1ilt a flat boat
and started for Fort Cary, now Win
nipeg, passed Fargo, which was then
but a few log shacks and later On
landed at Fort Cary, where we sold ou,
fiat boat for lumber. In the spring Of
'73 ] arrived at Bismarck. The pres
ent site of my store was then owned
by John Millett, who had secured his
right by placing a log thereon. Sc
cured this right from him, however,
for. $500 and latter on after the tow,l-
site had been made made it safe IN.
der THAT act. Il put tent ON my
N W ot0< n ,H,xl ~,
boarders. Along about June some
time, M. II. Slattery walked in from The
end Of the N. P. track, which was some
forty miles distant. with his blankets
on his back and applied to me for
board. I quoted him SO rate and
he accepted. When required it in
advance he asserted that had he fol-
lowed that example while in Brainard
he would have been rich man. He
then inquired for a bed and seeing that
he had his blankets with him I told
him he was ALLOTTED SO much room on
the ground on which to make his bed
the same as we did. celebrated the
next ll Christmas in that tent taking in
bcarders. We had a Christmas tres
which we constructed out Of buck
brush by tieing several of them to-
sgether and they answered the purpose
very well.
"a SUDDEN CHANGE IN WEATHER.
Mrs. Dunn celebrated her first
Christmas in '773 in the house that still
stands in the southwest corner Of the
block at the corner OF Sixth and
broadway She had guests for din
ner on Christmas day and they sat with
them front door open, the weather
was yet SO pleasant Later ON the
weather changed and they had to hang
blankets along the wall to keep out the
snow, Which was sometimes effectual
and at other times otherwise, they fre-