The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-12-05
COMPILE HISTORY
Of LAKE REGION
Henry Hale is Getting Some
Valuable Information on
. Former Day Events.

Devils Lake. n. D.. Dec. 5.-1n the
ONCE Of Hon. Henry Dale Is being
compiled a fund Of information, which
yearly grows more valuable and
which eventually will furnish a fund
Of information which will date past
the memory of living pioneers. 1t Is
the individual history Of the members
of the Pioneers association OF the
Devils Lake region.
Blanks with place for the name.
& family history and general infor-
nation concerning the people who
settled in the district around Devils
Lake in the early SOS. have been NIL
ed out and fled. BY constantly adj
ding this information concerning pio-
neers a vast fund has been accumulat-
ed. which in years to come will fur
nish the history Of the section.
In the same cabinet MIR. Hale has
fled a map. drafted by General II. NJ.
Creel In 1882. Here is the interesting
note attached:
The map hereto attached is placed
in these records for the reason that
1T was compiled from the first survey
Of the shore line of Devils Lake,
which was made by General Creel.
then second lieutenant OF the Seventh
United States cavalry. stationed at
Fort Totten. And while the protected
railways shown on it have not all been
built and those that have been are
not all as shown on the map. 1t stu
looks at this date az a prophecy that
Is being fulfilled. First. the Northern
Pacific does II up to the lake at MN
newaukan. Second. the st. Paul. NJ.
x NJ. (now the Great Northern). rs
practically as shown from the east
Passing through Devils Lake region.
Third, the Aneta cutoff. crossing the
lake at Pelican Point. and fourth. the
Devils Lake and Brandon. running
from Devils Lake to the Turtle noun
tains. Fifth, the Farmers railway,
running north TO the boundary. Sixth,
the Chautauqua railway. Seventh.
the 500 line now being graded
through Devils Lake region from east
to west certainly shows good evidence
Of the prophetic nature Of this map.
The anne given TO certain parts
Of the lake are mostly those OF carry
settlers in the region :or public ON
-iais in some was connected with It,
thine bay for Colonel Cal Thine. right,
af-way agent for the st. Paul. NJ. &
NJ. railway.
Oswald bay for Billy oswald. Tell
cr's bay for Secretary of h Interior
Teller. who caused the opening up OF
the Devils Lake region to settlement.
Nickerson bay. second lieutenant
Seventeenth infantry. stationed at
Fort Totten.
Garrety point. first lieutenant Sew
enteenth infantry. Fort Totten. Lam
crous bay, first settler at Jerusalem.
Rock and Graham's islands. both
early Indian traders. who had tradlns
posts on the islands named for them
early in 1S%00-1S1o.
Iron Heart, Sioux chief Of that
name.
sully's hill, named for an engage
ment Of a detachment OF General sui
Tvs forces with Indians on that hill.
Simrall's Pass. early settler who To-
Gated on north shore Of lake two
miles east Of C%reelsburg.
Donahue's bay, early settler on Tell
er's bay.
Bremer's trail. crossing Sheyenne
river at the Bremen ranch. E. A.
Bremen was Indian and military trad
er at Fort Totten for many years pri-
or to settlement. He had a cattle
and grain farm south Of Sheyenne on
the Jamestown trail.
Smith trail. named for Sergeant
Fred Smith. Seventeenth infantry.
who settled south of the Sheyenne in
1882. the trail crossing a bridge at his
ranch.
Mission bay. after st. Michael's
Catholic mission, located nearby.