The Dickinson press., 1908-08-08
OAkDALf SITUATED NEAR
SITE OF SULLY'S CAMP
Fayee Metropolis of Upper Knife Railroad Surveys North of
Oakdale and Through Fayette:, New Postof6ces and
New School Buildings Mark the Advance of
This Rapidly growing Country

With the coming of, the Milwaukee
into the country south, all eyes have been
turnedssto that section of the west
Missouri Slope which its residents have
been pleased to term the Garden spot
of North Dakota"
A tripsinto the country north shows
greatly different topography but a
country rich in the possibilities of its
soil and beautiful with its wooded
mountains, streams and4trees, its fine
pasture lands and level meadows .'-S%"' y
This section has more rainfall than
most of the Slope and this year especially
when drought has affected other sections,
crops, pastures and hay lands are looking
fine. 81. ,se...
After passing Green river and the
Fisher settlement, an occasional, claim
shanty and waving fields of grain varies
the landscape which is still sea of
green Notwithstanding July's hot sun.
Fourteen miles out are the Sadowsky
places. Here some 20 years ago Wenzel
Sadowsky located and started right by
setting groves Of trees, hundreds Of
which now furnish dense shade and are
of sufficient size to thin out for fire wood
A little farther on is Frank Sadowsky's
residence, also surrounded with. trees.
Cattle raising has been. the main industry
on the Sadowsky ranches and as ons. q nss.
goes down into the "breaks" embryo
Bad Lands and sees the sleek herds
bearing the brand.aF S., one is. led to
believe it still is such, although, near the
dwellings are fine fields of waving grain.
In the "breaks" it will be a, long time
before farming is more profitable than
stock raising, it furnishing ideal pastur-
age. Just beyond the breaks on the
north is Palmer's road house which the
stage each way makes for dinner and
which shelters and appeases the hunger
of many weary traveller.
Beyond Palmer's, with the, Kildeer
mountains occupying the northwestern
horizon, in the more level country, again
one may hasten direct toward Oakdale
via the Johnson ranch on the north bank
of Knife river, leaving visit to Fayette
on the west for the return trip. A little
farther on the right is Goob Saunders
pleasant home and, if one is not careful,
he may take the road thither~sin instead of
the Oakdale trail and make. intimate
acquaintance with the Saunders pasture
in getting back.
The remaining seven miles to Oakdale
the road skirts, the east side of the. hills
and mountains. One turns abruptly
from the main road for run Of few
hundred rods up to the Cuskelly store
which occupies commanding position
on the east slope of bold, rock crowned,
wooded mountain, one Of the Kildeel
group,
Twenty-one years ago the Cuskellys
went Ito Oakdale. Mike Cuskelly's
homestead includes beautiful natural
grove of oak, ash and poplar - and ~
extends about half way up the mountain
The-store stands out in the open and ID
visible for miles to the east, north and
south but the dwelling is surrounded by
fine large trees. Between the house and
store Is a rustic walk over ravine and
at well house at the side of the walk
one may get cool drink from al mount.
ain spring. Water is piped into the
house and the owners are contemplating
complete system of water works, the
pressure being amply sufficient. The
view from both house and store is superb
East, north and south are level fields
dotted with trees, where, at this season
hay makers are busy and where the
darker green shows stands Of oats. wheat
and fax 1t is small wonder that Mr.
and Mrs. Cuskelly have set no sale price
upon this beautiful property.
Nineteen years ago the Oakdale post
office was established and M. S. Cuskelly
has been the postmaster continuously
save short time spent in Iowa, wher
sthe Office was moved around on the north
side of the mountain to the Sperbel
ranch. Mr.. Cuskelly came to the Office
with experience in handling mail, having
been postmaster at Dickinson which
Office he had the honor 70 get raisedtto |;