Minot Early rival – in late 1886 Minot seemed to have a
rival city in Tent Town…. This was the temporary camp set up at the Gasman
Coulee near the railroad bridge that was being built. Rumor had it that the
railroad planned to build a city at the second crossing of the Mouse River. The
first crossing of the Mouse was near Towner. Many thought the city would be “at
the big bridge”. Some started building make shift wooden buildings in
anticipation of the city growing there. The decision to establish the city at
the Minot location had been made but kept secret for a while. When word got
out, the city of Minot grew and Tent Town remained through the construction of
the bridge as many workers wanted to live close to the job site.
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| after windstorm in 1898 |
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| Supplies for railroad in 1884 |
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| Steam train on original wooden bridge |
Interesting!
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