Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1917-11-08
CONTINUED From Last Week.

perhaps l should mention Charlie
Nelson's claim shanty, this was moi
strictly speaking a part of Langdon,
but YVES not far from the court house,
on what is known as the Mooney
farm. Mr.. Nelson, a son of Hon.
N. E. Nelson, of Pembina, was the
first settler on this farm, and alae
the first treasurer of Cavalier county,
being appointed by the county com.
missioners in August, 1884. He re.
turned to Pembina for the winter
and was not here when I came, the
only county officers remaining in the
county being Mr.. ALERT, county su.
p%erintendent of schools, and Mr..
Hawkes.. sheri if, but neither of them
made their home at the county seat.
The farm directly west of the
c%ouIee, where Mr.. Kopriva and Mr..
Dorval now live, was first taken ur
by Mr.. Noracong, who al collector
of evenue at the Port of Elkwood
and 1 believe that the site of Lang
don was for a time called. Noracong,
but in July, 1884, the county commits
%sioners enacted that the county seat
be located on the southeast quarter
and the southwest quarter of Section
Ia, and the northeast quarter and the
northwest quarter of Section %, of
Township ISL, Range 60, and be call
ed Langdon, in honor of R. B. Lang
don, of Minnesota.
This was Langdon as l first saw
it and knew it, and as to the county,
l would say that the eastern line was
only a mile east of Langdon and the
settlements along the eastern and
northern boundaries, the chief settle.
ments being Langdon, Mt. Carmel,
Hannah and Cypress. The division
of Pembina county on May IL, 1885,
which added three ranges to Cavalier
county, is a matter of record and l
need not tell you about it here. This
gave to Cavalier county, Olga, Elk
wood, Milton, Osnabrock and practi-
cally all of the country between
Langdon and Beaulieu, including
Fremont township. This county divi-
sion necessitated the transcribing of
the records of the three ranges from
Pembina county to Cavalier county,
which was, ever then, a considerable
task.
The settlement of Hannah and
Cypress was made up mainly by peo-
pie coming over from Manitoba and
the majority of the settlers of Lang.
don and Mt, Carmel were directly
from Ontario. There was much I'm.
settled country between Langdon and
Cypress, and by going three or four
miles to the southwest you were out
on the original and unmolested prai-
RE. Charlie Billings made an early
settlement some twelve miles south,
but most of the intervening country
was unsettled. In the vicinity Of
Langdon, however, there was some,
one on nearly every quarter section,
and the prospects, of intensified Guilt
walton were much. better then than
they are today.
On the farms Immediately south
west were William Lee, Charles,
Jackson, Adam Nichol, George Duff,
William Dickson and Peter Will
liams. Directly south were Matilda
Savary, who held the Sullivan farm,
now partially occupied by the Fair.
view addition, John Levere, who held
what is now the McHugh farm, Guile
Gambrion and Adolph Trombly, who
held the two farms forming the half
section now owned by Mr.. Chaput
and known as the Boomgaarden farm
and Mr.. Chaput held the next farm
south. Directly southeast were Mr..
Desrosier, Josiah and Samuel Myers,
Albert and Emanuel Myers and
George Thaler. Adjoining the town
site On the east. were James Lean
and his son, William, who held the
two farms now owned by MIR. Lie.
beler, John Lindsay next and Thomas
C. Nevins on what is now the sub.
station experiment farm. East of
this was James O'Grady, Eli Fisher,
over the hill and the Sandison family
close by. To the north east were
Bernard. Heating, James Lindsay
and Joseph Desrochers, David Dom
nelly, Johnl Debrow, John Doyle and
William Doyle and to the north John
Gagan, the Gavin brothers and the
Hayward and Armstrong families.
Northwest was the German settle
ment, Joseph Hamann, Anton Clodt,
Louis Rose, Anton Muhs, Albert
Konze, William MEME, Edward
Bluhm, Herman Dohmann and the
Konanz family were among my early
ooouoiptonCoc nf tho .o&%1~.~