The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1912-12-04
DEVILS LAKE
REGION HISTORY
VALUABLE FUND OF lNFoRMA-
TON BEING ACCUMULATED
BY HENRY HALE.

Devils Lake, N. D., Dec. Ain the
office of Hon. Henry Dale is being
compiled a fund of information, which
yearly grows more valuable and which
eventually will furnish a fund of in
formation which will date past the
memory Of living pioneers. 1t Is the
individual history of the members of
the Pioneers association of the Dew
Ills Lake region.
Blanks with place for the name.
age, family history and general infor-
nation concerning the people who set
tied in the district around Devils Lake
in the early SOS, have been filed
out and filed. BY constantly adding
this information. concerning pioneers,
a vast fund has been accumulated.
which in years to come will furnish
the history OF the section.
In the same cabinet Mr.. Hale has
filed a map, drafted by Gen. H. M.
Creel in 1882. Here Is the interest
ing note attached:
The map hereto attached is placed
in these records for the reason that
it 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
u. S. cavalry, stationed at Fort Tot
NSAAs AIN '" AIO PAOJNSICH a. w eS .
shown on 1t have not all been built
and those that have been are not all
as shown on the map, 1t still looks at
this date as a prophecy hat is being
fulfilled. First, the Northern Pacific
does run UP to the lake at Minnewau-
kan. Second, the st. Paul, M. & M.
(now the Great Northern), is practic-
ally 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
of the prophetic nature of this map.
The ame given to certain parts
of the lake are mostly those of early
settlers in the region; or public off,
Gals in some was connected with It.
Uline bay for Col. Cal Uline, right
of-way agent for the st. Paul. M. &
NJ. railway.
Oswald bay for Billy Oswald. Tell
er's bay for Secretary Of the 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
erous bay, first settler at Jerusalem.
Rock and Graham's islands, both
early Indian traders, who had trading
posts OIL the islands named for them
early in 1S00-1S10.
Iron Heart, Sioux chief Of that
name. .~
Sully's hill, named for an
ment Of a detachment of General Sui
ly's forces with Indians on that hill.
Simrall's pass. early settler who To-
Gated on north shore of lake two miles
east of Creelsburg.
Donnahue's bay, early settler on
Teller'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 Sergt. Fred
Smith, Seventeenth infantry, who set
tied south of the Sheyenne in 1882,
the trail crossing a bridge at his
Mission bay, after st. Michaers
Catholic mission, located nearby.