The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1917-11-02

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Fort Stevenson where two companies
! of United States soldiers were station;
| ed. indian uprisings had been fire.
quent and the government kept 50 sol
diers at hand ready for any recurrence
lof trouble &, Z q
This region then was still 4 typical
Indian country. Between Fort Steven
son and Fort Bnford ran the military
road. along which there was travel
when navigation was closed on the be-
river. The ranches Of Weller and and
Rhude were both stopping places for
those who journeyed in the winter be- !s
tween Bismarck and the two military
posts. AS practic ically all supplies for
THE soldiers were hauled BY boats,
traffic on the river il those days was Was
quite lively. at one time as many as 'as'
twenty eight Steamboats, piled be. be-
tween Bismarck and Fort Benton,
AZ inherent points along the river
were settled some wood hawks 4
hardy men who made their living
Ichopping wood for the steamb boats.
During the summer and fall go of
l1SS2 quite "a number Of new settlers
came IN, parti ticularly the Hudson. Z col. j:
ony. Indeed. that was memorable
season for this section: one Of the e
|best crops ever known here, was then
raised. Washburn and the land nd e q
distance of. ten miles up were still 2
part 81 Burleigh county and furnish
lea no insignih cant part of3 the exhibit
fof grain Y and vegetables displayed
that year at the Minnesota State Fair 81 q
!and which won a banner This was
|thes forerunner Of the medals later
won by tins ssc ilon for and nj
|tato displays at Louis and Lewis VIZ
81 Clark exposit tions.
With splendid crops and new settlers ~ J
coming III, Veeder and Satterlund
launched into various enterpr rises: In: j
the fall 81 1882, Il they opened 81 big
general store In Washburn and stock
ed it mp well. The two partners, the.
next spring, erected al hotel, e at g g ! cost
of SIS, ,oOO,s no consid derable outlay these
days for such purpose but some. m
thing OF an Investment for those days
III d new country. 1T was called the
's.Riverview Hotel" and it was kept
running for a number Of years, until It'll
removed & That year, also the firm ~
put up 4 Hour mill. an 81 ente rprise.
twenty years ahead Of the times e as. 9.
1t was proved. Al IN the spring Of that. g {
:yeafs atterlund went down. s.te.
Bismarck ana with ;s4 yokes Of oxen Y Il:
hauled 81 complete ~ printing outfit 49, ttof
sWashburn. The sfi irst s. issue Ii the.
:Washburn Times came OF the press
On May 10, 1888, with Veeder g sat
terlund as proprietors and Y: 81. RI !
Maze as Its editor. Mr. Ma Mazefs had b; 4
been city editor Of the Bismarck,
Tribune and he publis he'd at Wash slis sfl35
burn for; some years the brig
best ten and best edited neWspape per
lSSshuLets - Y
Times kept ITS name about six years rs
ana IN Was changed 10 Washburn IL
,Leader king this ne tsventyss; III
eighth year that this pub cation has 4 u
been coming out every yeelE I WI thoutS y ii
i single interrup
sS Il i'll evident the nest settlers had
Hittle means shey y we're :IllgS lIa
hope and ambiti ION than iin read cash.
INT mt thsir crsdi IL M VAN good With eeS s4sS
lder g satterlnnd Nobody was aTe;I e:sI
fused flours tEi.e III, ors 81 the.
general S succe ssiol of 'tsI
had years occtrr,e crops He'd
prices of n products we're low and a1tI
offs ths settlers iscouTag
seIling out their belong gings icrS what
they5s could get. lnii,oy lii, fMar M ther west
The two paft hung OnS coura geouss
81 throngh hara assinasg M i n iliaall
1oas all the mon they had put Into
their xentur kftAr ths stock
had been lsft ills stlie book store
Nj NH & sold tos U n ri uisan M he nillllE
iinnins teen years.s fnals
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