The Dickinson press., 1909-11-27
Tn Former Years
Interesting Happenings in Dick
inson Fifteen and Twenty-Five
Years Ago This Week.

Years Ago This Week. : /:
From the PRESS of November 20. 1884.
Hired Rau was the Dickinson jeweler.
j. v. Bowles left for his former home
in West Bangor, N. Y. to spend the
winter.
Carpenters and plasterers are at work
finishing the i inside of the Baptist
church.
On the new time card No. 2 arrives
here at 10 AS and Mol arrives at 4 :05.
These were the only through passenger
trains at this time. Ed.
Western Starr has qualified as justice
of the peace.
M. H. Stark met with bad luck while
hunting south of Taylor. Fire broke out
in his camp and destroyed his entire out
fit except wagon and harness.
George Beisigl. deputy county clerk,
was at jamestown assisting the other
clerks in canvassing the vote of this
district.
The PRESS gives a write up of the
towns in Stark county at this time. as
follows:
DICKINSON.
The Improvements since this town was
laid out have been steady and of a SUBJ
stantial character. The station was first
known as Pleasant Valley. so named
from its beautiful location in the pleas
ant valley of the Heart river. Near the
close of 1881 the town consisted of three
or four tents used as stores and hotels.
About this time the name was changed
to Dickinson and in 1882 the town was
plated and a few buildings erected.
Plenty Of work, business and general
prosperity followed until we now have
a population of over seven hundred. In
addition to the other improvements of
1883 the Northern Pacific erected a large
brick round house costing. with other
improvements made by the company,
$3.50. 900.
The Jul of Dickinson are many
and insure for it a growing business.
Besides being the terminus of the Mis-
souri, freight division. where from Sc, 900
! 10 81, 900 are paid out every month by
the railroad company, it is the center of
the finest agricultural and stock raising
country in the world. This is evidenced
by the fact that during the season just
closed the shipments of cattle from here
were the largest of any point along the
line. They amounted to 1919 carloads,
or 26, 818 head for the Chicago market,
and all of them from the vast cattle
ranges tributary to Dickinson.
The shipment of freight from here to
the Black Hills is by no means a matter
of secondary Importance to the business
interests of Dickinson. Since the
establishment of the route nearly a mil
lion pounds of freight has been trans
ported by wagon trains.
Good coal is furnished by the various
mines near town at a cost of So. so per
ton.
Dickinson is the county seat Of Stark
county and with the many advantages it
possesses will soon become a large and
prosperous town supported by a flourish
ing agricultural and stock raising coun-
try.
GLADSTONE
Eleven miles east of Dickinson, was
founded by a colony from Ripon. Wis.
1t is surrounded by a fine agricultural
country which is rapidly settling up.
Robert Lee is erecting a fine flou mill
which will add much to the business OF
the town. Gladstone is located at the
junction of the Heart and Green rivers,
has a brick yard. store and hotel.
TAYLOR
is situated east of Gladstone in the midst
of a fine farming country. It wat
started in 1882 and now has q good
depot, two general stores and a fine
hotel.
RCHARDTON
Was started by C. B. Richard & Co.
of New York, in the spring of 1883 ant
is prospecting under their management.