Bicentennial Story #30-Shivaree at Gladstone-1880
Title
Bicentennial Story #30-Shivaree at Gladstone-1880
Description
Description of a railroad grading crew camp near the confluence of the Heart and Green Rivers.
Date
6/11/1975
3/9/1976
Contributor
Father Louis Pfaller
Jack Hjort
Jack Hjort
Rights
This recording cannot be copied or reproduced without the written permission of the Dickinson Museum Center. This recording may be freely used for education uses, so long as it is not altered in any way. No commercial reproduction or distribution of this recording file is permitted without written permission of the Dickinson Museum Center.
Format
mp3
Medium
audio reel, analog, 1/4 inch polyester tape
Language
English
Identifier
BS-030
Spatial Coverage
Gladstone, ND
Rights Holder
Copyright Stark County Historical Society and Dickinson Museum Center
Transcription
In the summer of 1879 a 75-member grading crew for the Northern
Pacific constructed dug-out shelters at the confluence of the Heart and Green Rivers near present Gladstone. Grading continued into December when winter brought a sudden halt, and 75 men with little to do. A few foolhardy ones tried to walk back to "civilization" and froze to death. When spring came, April 1880, Contractor L.E. Shields brought his from Bismarck to the Green River camp, and the newly-weds were greeted by quite a shivaree. Though Captain Nolan camped nearby with a detachment of Cavalry, Indians stole into the camp at night, stampeded the horses and got away with the pick of the herd.
This is Bicentennial Story No. 30 prepared by Father Louis Pfaller for the Stark County Historical Society.
NDH, vol. 21, p. 120
Pacific constructed dug-out shelters at the confluence of the Heart and Green Rivers near present Gladstone. Grading continued into December when winter brought a sudden halt, and 75 men with little to do. A few foolhardy ones tried to walk back to "civilization" and froze to death. When spring came, April 1880, Contractor L.E. Shields brought his from Bismarck to the Green River camp, and the newly-weds were greeted by quite a shivaree. Though Captain Nolan camped nearby with a detachment of Cavalry, Indians stole into the camp at night, stampeded the horses and got away with the pick of the herd.
This is Bicentennial Story No. 30 prepared by Father Louis Pfaller for the Stark County Historical Society.
NDH, vol. 21, p. 120
Original Format
Sound recordings
Duration
1:21
Bit Rate/Frequency
128kbps
Decade
1970 1979
Physical Location
Bicentennial tape #3, Bicentennial stories 23-45
Geolocation
Collection
Citation
“Bicentennial Story #30-Shivaree at Gladstone-1880,” Southwestern North Dakota Digital Archive At the Dickinson Museum Center, accessed May 2, 2024, https://dmc.omeka.net/items/show/419.
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