Bicentennial Story #33-Dickinson platted
Title
Bicentennial Story #33-Dickinson platted
Description
Account of the creation and platting of the town of Dickinson in 1882
Date
6/16/1975
3/12/1976
Contributor
Fred Corkery
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-033
Spatial Coverage
Dickinson, ND
Rights Holder
Copyright Stark County Historical Society and Dickinson Museum Center
Transcription
The railway survey of 1871 listed the present Dickinson area as Pleasant Valley, but when the townsite was platted in September 1882, it was named Dickinson in honor of Wells S. Dickinson, who then managed the railroad lands in the area and owned much of the townsite. The streets and avenues were all named, such as Sims, Hannaford, Oaks, Billings, Barnes and Taylor, all of which have been dropped, except Sims and Villard. Since the townsite was then in Morton County, the plat was filed at Mandan on January 3, 1883. In the early days Dickinson was the central point for shipment of buffalo hides and bones. It has developed into the center of a large area of ranching, coal mining, oil wells and light manufacturing.
This is Bicentennial Story No. 33, prepared by Fred Corkery for the Stark County Historical Society.
This is Bicentennial Story No. 33, prepared by Fred Corkery for the Stark County Historical Society.
Original Format
Sound recordings
Duration
1:24
Bit Rate/Frequency
128kbps
Decade
1970 1979
Physical Location
Bicentennial tape #3, Bicentennial stories 23-45
Geolocation
Collection
Citation
“Bicentennial Story #33-Dickinson platted,” Southwestern North Dakota Digital Archive At the Dickinson Museum Center, accessed May 5, 2024, https://dmc.omeka.net/items/show/422.
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