Bicentennial Story #88-Fryburg

Bicentennial Story #88-Fryburg

History of the creation of Fryburg, ND.

9/1/1975

Father Louis Pfaller

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audio reel, analog, 1/4 inch polyester tape

English

BS-088

Fryburg, ND

Copyright Stark County Historical Society and Dickinson Museum Center

When the Northern Pacific Railway was being constructed, the first siding in what is now Billings County was called Fogarty for a railroad constractor. In 1883 it was named Summit, because at this point the railroad begins a long descent into the Bad Lands. The place was eventually named Fryburg, in honor of General J.B. Fry. The village of Fryburg was platted on September 16, 1909, and in 1911 it received a post office. For a while, Gerald P. Nye published the Fryburg Pioneer. He later became Unites States Senator. In 1953 the town became famous as the site of the first oil well in Southwestern North Dakota.

This is Bicentennial Story No. 88, prepared by Father Louis Pfaller for the Stark County Historical Society.

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Bicentennial tape #6, Bicentennial stories 87-107