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1881: The American Red Cross
is founded by Clara Barton.
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• - Grand opening for the ne
Belfield Fire Hall, 10 a.m. - 6
p.m., Friday, May 29, at the new
building in south Belfield. A for-
mal check presentation by a
USDA representative is sched-
uled for 11 a.m.
• - Beach Blood Drive, 10
a.m. to 3 p.m., Thursday, June 4,
Beach Ambulance Building. Call
Carol Weyer at 872-3839 to
schedule a convenient time for
your donation. Sponsored by the
Beach American Legion
Auxiliary.
• - North Dakota Cowboy
Poetry Gathering, May 23-24,
Medora.
• - Senior Citizens Club of
Belfield, May 25, bingo, pool, 1-
3 p.m., birthday party following.
• - Belfield Memorial Day
Service, 10 a.m., Monday, May
25, Belfield Theater.
• Beach Memorial Day
Service, 10 a.m., Monday, May
25, Lincoln Elementary School.
A day of songs
and music in
Top: Tyler Jandt, Kayla
,. Dolyniuk and Jill Rising per-
form as a saxophone trio.
At left: Chantel Fulton
and Karissa Van Horn per-
form with. the junior high
band. (Photos by Cindy
Makelky)
By Tina Foreman
McKenzie County Farmer Staff Writer
WATFORD CITY - Nobody can
say Watford City is a boring town.
especially when it comes to
wildlife. It's common to see deer.
rabbits, pheasants and even the
occasional turkey roaming around
town. but seeing a moose on your
way to school, now that is some-
thing different even for Watford
City.
"As the boys and I were driving
to school Friday morning we saw
something come out of some trees
by the high school." said JeAnne
Homiston. "At first we thought it
was a horse, but when we realized it
was a moose, we couldn't believe
it! We slowed down to watch it and
it walked right out in front of our
car and into the alley. It made for an
interesting drive to school."
Shortly after Homiston saw the
moose. Brent Schwan. North
Dakota Game and Fish Department
district game warden, received a
call about the animal.
"Even though I know there are
moose in McKenzie County I was
surprised by the call," said Schwan.
"Along with local law enforcement
I began watching the moose
because we were concerned for his
safety as well as Watford City resi-
dents."
After running around in town for
a little while, the moose headed for
the fishing pond, someplace that he
likely felt safe.
"When I got to the scene, the
moose was standing in the middle
of the fishing pond," said Schwan.
,"Even though it wasn't bothering
anyone, our main concern was get-
ting the moose out of town to ensure
everyone's safety including the
moose's."
After about two hours in town,
the young bull moose exited the
fishing pond and headed into
Cherry Creek Trailer Park with
officers following to make sure he
headed out of town.
"After heading into the trailer
,park he crossed by the airport and
A young bull moose stands in Watford City's fishing pond.
(Photo by Neal A. Shipman.)
"At first we thought it was a horse, but
when we realized it was a moose, we could-
n't believe itt"
kept going out of town," said
Schwan. "My guess is that he head-
ed towards the river because that's
where most of the moose in the
county have been located."
During a routine NDG&F fly-
over, 51 moose were spotted along
the river bottoms in McKenzie
County near Williston.
"Moose like to wallow in the
water so they traditionally live close
to a source of water," said Schwan.
"Rising water has probably pushed
some of the moose away from the
river and that is likely why this,
moose wandered into town."
JeAnne
According to Schwan, the
• NDG&F has issued 10 licenses for a
new moose hunting unit that runs
from Fairview, N.D., along
Highway 200 through Watford City
to the northern edge of New Town
because of the growing population
along the river.
Traditionally, most of the moose
in North Dakota have been located
in the Pembina Gorge and the Turtle
Mountains.
"For unknown reasons the popu-
lation in areas of normal moose
Moose
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Barbara Handy-Marchello, an author and former University
of North Dakota professor, visits with Lincoln Elementary stu-
dents regarding items used in the homestead era. (Photo by
Richard Volesky)
Ins"
By Richard Volesky
Editor/Reporter
With the help of some artifacts
from the early days, Lincoln
Elementary students recently
learned more about life in the
homestead era.
Barbara Handy-Marchello, an
author and former women's history
and American West professor at the
University of North Dakota, made a
presentation to the students. The
presentation is a part of a series of
activities scheduled to precede the
arrival of "Journey Stories," a trav-
eling exhibit that is to arrive this
summer and will be on display at
the Golden Valley County Museum.
The exhibit is from the Smithsonian
Museum in Washington D.C.
Handy-Marchello serves as the
North Dakota Humanities Council
state scholar for the Journey Stories
program in North Dakota.
Using rope, the students were
asked to create the outline of an 8-
by-10 sod house, and a number of
students were asked to stand inside
the outline. The outline helped give
the students a better idea of the
small living space used by home-
steaders, said Handy-Marchello.
Students were also shown items
used in homestead living, such as a
coal pail, cream can, sod, washboards~
and they learned that eggs, potatoes
and bread were the staple foods.
In addition to the coal, students
learned how dried cow pies were at
times used as a source of fuel.
By Jane M. Cook
Reporter
MEDORA This year, the
Catholic church in Medora will be
reaching a milestone as one of the
oldest churches in North Dakota.
The Rev. Martin Schmitt, from
Mandan. set about taking regular
visits to the many missions and sta-
tions scattered throughout the west-
ern region of Dakota. In 1884,
Martin made his first visit to
Medora, where he celebrated Mass
in the Hotel de Mores on July 15
and in the Chateau on the July 16. It
seems that there was some discus-
sion with the de Mores family on
this occasion about the possibility
of building a church at Medora. On
his next visit in August, he "called
on the MArchioness, who assured
him that, within three weeks, opera-
tions will have commenced on the
new church."
Peter Book, a contractor, archi-
tect, and brickmaker, had come to
Medora from Mandan in April,
together with five experienced
brickmakers, and immediately set
up a brick plant south of the town.
Bricks were made by tlae hundreds
of thousands, and it was of these
bricks that the church was to be
built.
The cornerstone of the church
was laid on Sept. 20, 1884, and a
contemporary newspaper account
from that year read: "The comer-
stone of the new church was laid
last Saturday afternoon, and was
witnessed by a number of people,
including the Marquise, who is
building the church. On one side of
the stone "Athenais" and on the
other, "Medora, Marquise de
Mores, Sept. 15, 1884." (Athenais
was the first born and only daughter
of the Marquis and Marquise).
The construction of the church
proceeded rapidly with only one
mishap in that a portion of the east
wall was blown down during a
heavy windstorm one night.
The church originally consisted
of one room, 24-by-50. Four gothic
windows adorned each side and
were glazed with clear glass. All the
walls and ceiling were finished with
plaster, and the floor was made of
wide planks of pine. The steep roof
was covered with cedar shingles,
and a belfry was provided, though
no bell was to hang in it for almost
60 years. A gilt cross was mounted
on the church the following ,gpril,
and pews provided shortly after-
wards. The altar was purchased
from Benziger Brothers in New
York, and was a gift from the
Marquise.
On Nov. 2, it was blessed by
Schmitt. At one point, the new
church building was pressed into
service as a school. The Marquise
had inade many appeals to the citi-
zens of Medora for a school, and
paid for the salary for the first year
of a young South Heart teacher,
Miss Finger, who opened a session
in the building on Dec. 15, 1884.
Before the end of 1884, the
newly built church saw its first bap-
tism and marriage, held on the same
day. The infant was Gertrude Stella
Coleman, and the young couple was
Jim Butler and Julia Butler (no rela-
Church
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