Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-11-13
EARLY III STO RY
ut MD 20 KS.

|Gsorgetown. probably passing through.
the southwestern part OF Grand Forks
county. srhere were me in Cunning
hams command who, years after
wards. became residents Of EorthNDa-
kota. Gen. a. H. Terry arrived at
Devils Lakeswith a considerable force
in July. 1857. and established Fort
Nicholas Huffman Tor Hoffman as
his family name stood) was a native
OF Rhenish Prussia. born about. the
year 1888. The family OF which he
was a member came to this country
IN 1854 and located in the village Of
st. Anthony, which occupied q small
part OF what Ia now the east side.
Minneapolis Aftar the siege Of Fort
Abercrombie. where Huffman and
other civilians helped fight the Sioux.
ne went to Ct: Cloud. where he spent
Following. wintes. He returned to
the valley In the summer of 1858
n worked for David McCauley. In
the spring Of 1864 he went to- George
town where he was inthe employment
OF a firm who had leased the teamer
International OF the Hudson Fay COM
pany SO as to transpor: their goods
from Georgetown to Fort Garry,
which was putting Into practice the
IA -&SASG<dS. 4il0 IOlkO"s
ing winter an downward TO 1866
was. in partnership with
reuben Messer, who kept a trading
station at Georgetown, buying furs OF
the Indians and trappers. The. winter
OF lS66-8S the two partners with. 9TH
ers, made a trip to the Coteau des
rra1r1es to- trRde with the Indians.
2 party barely escaping out of that
region with their lives, owing to ex-
Il D00NrA m ofnfSro8 - o. ~. a 49,
ms return! TO the valley he worked
around McCauleyvtlle for McCauley
and Others,
W. c. Nash Built Cabin.
In those years mail contracts for
country routes: went into effect oni:he
nrst Of July: These y contracts were
Tor four years. Sin 1868 w: C.. Nash.
VINO was post trader Vat Fort Aber.
crombie. secured a s~ub-contract from
blakeley & Carpenter OF. the Mime
sofa Stage company to carry the mai
from Breckenridge to sPemb,na
HUFFMAN was then at McCauleyville
! the settlement across the Red rive,
from the fort, and Nash employed
him and Gustav Loon to look after the
business. In the fall OF 1858 they
the river about a half mile above the
! Junction Of the two rivers. or nea,
where Reeves avenue now abuts or
the river bank. They were Joined here
, by Antoine Girard. Both Girard anG
Loon Cor L'huan) were Canadiar
~Frenchmen. The building Of ar
abode between Fort Abercrombie ant
Pembipa was to divide the way O.
carrying the mail. which was ovel
warm months and by dog -sledge II
winter. One party having come with
the mail from the south, the Other
: would ak it to Pembina and the mai
THIS, second. party had brought from
Pembina would be taken along by tn,
first party on his return trip up tn,
: valley. Some OF this . mail, probabl,
the greatest portion, went to ant
:, came from Fort Garry. The first yea
I andTNfter that twice q week. TIL,
snow In the latte: part Of winter
8! might get deep l'u. the passing OF tn,
3 ooS sleGges over 1T kept it packed
t down hard o. t,> rail, so that tn,
> h 1,ah could w ii-nocnl 1t, II he chose
Otic. %ctslcrs.
ID, In 1SG2-th ~se$at &C: rSandes Fourclr
;esA Gas the Frrra:N h%alfbreeds, car
'slnd5 I've r-en#St:l' called the locality
I were l.ioiEed ny Sanford C.. Cady, the,
. young man n .age.g Mr.. Cady wa
ootn IN washington county, Ohio, Il
ls44 In July, 1861, he enlisted II
itheF oath n 67th Indiana regiment
ment) and in September. 1862, wa
CAPTURED by he C~onfederates a
the battle OF Perryyille, KY, but tn
troops taken by them were parole,
and within six weeks were release,
from parole by an exchange Of prison