Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-11-20

q OF Grand EOTK6.' 1u1S 49, y l.
pages In length. is probably
sGFandes Eourches," rs MI. Arm
/ old writes the French half breeds
andhcart and river men still CALI
Cd this locality in 1859, that has
ever been published.
u first part of the book 10
devoted to history Of the develop
ment OF the entire northwest:
Well on in the book, MI. Aylgsa
hrought the history down 70 the
building OF the first log cabin in,
the community and 1t is from
there on beginning with he chap.
ter entitled, 'sThe Site OF Grand
Forks Occupied', that the Herald
is printing the story In weekly
installments.
Highly interesting is MI. Arm.
Odds account of the arrival INC
work Of the men and women, the
names OF many of whom are
miliar to the residents Of This sec.
ton OF the country.
1t is known that Mr.. Arnold
was exceptionally painstaking In
having his data tho most accurate
available. He wa experienced IN
the work as he had uDnSn
similar histories OF various CON p.
munities In tho state. 1t may pc
mentioned that Is he wrote the
book he would set it In type BY
hand in the Office of the a
moro Pioneer where he had very
few OF the more modern printing
comveniences. MI. Arnold not
only was patnstaldng In his work
Of preparing this history before
1t was too late to ecure much OF
p0aterity, but he set every single
nicca NJ tvne nv hand and printed
the book himself.
Following IL the second INSTALL
ment:
Capt. Alexander Griggs was born at
Marietta, Ohio, OCT. 81, 1898. When
about two years old his parents re-
moved to Beetown. Grant county.
Wis, and in 1s4s they located in st.
Paul. Grigss was educated in the
to the river. at nrst as cabin boy on
one of tho river steamboats,. He was
promoted rapidly and at nineteen he
became captain Of a small steamer.
He continued to u on the uppar
Mississippi and large tributary
streams until 1870, at which time he
was captain Of a steamboat called st.
Anthony Falls" which ran on the
Minnesota and Mississippi rivers,
" n. vaughn peAuS o.9tA sAAs
boat. Their home was at Henderson,
j q town on the Minnesota river, about
sixty miles from st. Paul.
On the first OF July, 1870, Griggs
took a contract to build for James j.
Hill q steamboat for general traffic on
Red river. Griggs and Vaughn
spent the Fourth in their home town;
the following night their steamer was
taken to st. Paul and turned over to
hsadquarters on the 9Th; on the 9Th
they were back in Henderson which
should be reached by railroad, pre-
pairing for q journey. and on the 9TH
! was a. near to the Otter Tail pineries
a. they could then reach by railroad.
Taking two boat carpenters they pro-
ceeded by stage to O point within a
few miles of Old Crossing and alight-
inE from the stage they shouldered
their packs and took the lumbermen's
trail for the pineries. Lurnbermen
were hired, trees felled. and the logs
,sawn at Frazee's mill. Some oak lum
Der was ,alsa procured for the propos.
ed boat. The lumber vas made into
RATS, Sfoated through Otter Tail Lake
and downrthe river to McCau!eyville
where they survived about the first O.
6eptember,3 For the first time Capt
GrlEss anhlla 1so H. r. Vaughn, nov
saw thekRed3 River Valley.
On August 20, 1870, Canada,
troops who3had come by way Of LAX
Superior, took possession OF Fort Gar
ry, and on September End Lieut.
Archibald arrived and organized
provisional government over the pro
vince Of Manitoba. During the sum
mer Of 1870 j. J. Hll was freightinl
many tons of goods to the valley to b.
delivered at Winnipeg to the Hudson
Bay company. Whilo the steamboa
was in process Of construction at Nc
that had been brought down NOtte
Tail river to that place was used t
build fistboats IN which to transpor
the goods down to Winnipeg. Abou
! forty ofssthese boats were built tina
fall, manned with crews, and sen
down thu river in small fleets. q fe,
at q time.
The Hill Transportation con1pan
who were doing all this work, wa
composed Of James J. Hill. Alexande
Griggs and CIV. Gr1ggs. Alex. Grigg
spent nearly all his time on the rivel
delivering the goods at Winnipeg an
selling the lumber Of the fatboats al
ter they had been taken to piece!
Meanwhile Vaughn remained at NJ
~Cauleyville. having charge of tn
work there. Tho steamer, called tn
Selkirk, was largely built Of lumbe
obtained at McCauley's mill. David !
Reeves, who was q practical hos
builder. had charge OF Its construt
4 ton, but many men worked on tn
job, of and on, when not engaged 1
running the river on the fatboats. II
furnishings of the Selkirk were team
ed from aWillmar, which had becon
a railroad point on q line then bein
constructed from Minneapolis I
Breckenridge, 1112 miles southeast
the last named point.
Loas Cart BxigadeA
The lons-strung cart brigades wi,
erealSng axles that could be heal
two miles away on still morning
the site Of Grand Forks. travelling Il
summer journeys to st. Cloud, 1oadt
M products OF the north country.
sketch relative to these cart brigad
was written for the publisher ii IS,
~ John Ldndstrom Of Lind TOWNSHIP
III this county. t o be printed in a,
other work issued the next yes
which We reprint below. Mi. Lin,
sssssssetrom dr1ti settled on the Dakota iii
Red river, IN Cass county, M,
1870 coming from Douglas @.
Mimi. S&s
fsT1ae .greatest novelty We had
look atin those days was when Il
Hudson Bay companyis freighte
somssnss Trey had trains ccnsisti'
( S16S Red river carts drawn%by 20
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