Manuscripts by Subject - Family / Local History - #10958 - Box 58

Box 58 Tioga

1 The rig, Tioga, N.D., 10/1953
2 Tioga, new city hall under construction about 1952
3 Sign that says Tioga Welcomes You, The Oil Capitol of ND (1 screened negative)
4 Power fuels, Tioga
5 The Hub White earth Hill, near Tioga, 10/26/1953
6 Tioga Standard Station, 10/26/1953
7 Tioga Ready-Mix & Tioga sand and gravel, 6/19/1954
8 Christmas tree on Main Street in Tioga, N.D. mid 1950’s (1 negative)
9 Bethlehem Steel, south of Tioga, 6/1/1953
10 Tioga Garden Anniversary Club, about 1952
11 Old Log House, South of Tioga, 10/1946
12 Tioga: Main Street with new building, construction pix, old school being razed, new church and school, old town hall, Tioga Legion, pix from 1950’s thru 1960’s probably
13 Tioga school demolished
14 Tioga homecoming, 10/1956, Tioga Memorial Hospital Drive pic
15 Tioga hospital about 1953
16 Doc Willard Wright speaks at ground breaking of Tioga Hospital, mid 1950’s
17 Ground breaking for Tioga Hospital, air shot of hospital
Trenton
18 Trenton High School Senior Class, 11/1/1956
Television
19 TV station, 1/1957
20 Ford Raising skets (?) at TV station, Probably JC’s
21 TV Repair man, Cop. TV, 3/28/1957
22 Coast to Coast TV – Midwest HDW TV – Gardner TV, 5/30/1957
23 TV Award, 3/14/1957
24 Williston TV tower, 12/1956
25 Install TV aerial, 10/1956
26 Williston TV, Ken Kline, 5/16/1957
27 Television, Cable comes to Williston, about 1967, portrait Chuck Scofield, Scofield at Transmitter receiving DIS, cable service truck
28 TV Sears Roebuck, 5/1957
Weddings – Anniversaries – Birthdays – Family reunions – Babies
29 Joe and Ida Mae Rambers, 25th Wedding Anniversary at Tioga, N.D. 5/9/1957
30 Markham – DeLorme wedding, 8/7/1947
31 Weddings, Anniversaries, Babies, Clements wedding, 1948 - 1949
32 Silver Anniversary, John Volhs, 6/11/1959
33 Oscar Bell’s 50th Wedding Anniversary, 1/1962
34 Wedding at East Broadway
35 Grove Birthday, 8/12/1955
36 Hagen family reunion, 9/5/1954
37 H____ family reunion, 10/1956
38 Novak wedding & 40th anniversary, 12/1/1952
39 Syverson, Golden wedding, Zahl, 3/28/1954
40 Vern Lund Silver Wedding anniversary
41 George Borsheim, silver wedding anniversary
42 Arne Nelson wedding Anniversary, 10/1956
43 wedding anniversary, 1956
44 Jim Cadou wedding anniversary, 1956
45 Martin Cartwright, Silver wedding anniversary, 8/27/1961
46 Nels Burger (?) gold wedding anniversary, 8/27/1961
47 Tony Novak, 12/1/1952 ?
48 John Daniel Ray, Gold wedding anniversary, 6/1956
49 Silver wedding anniversary, Vern Saudry, 12/1956
50 50th wedding anniversary, Sloulin?, 7/16/1959
51 Lutz 102nd building, 11/8/1956
52 Mrs. Tom Kinz 85th Birthday, 4/1/1959
Miss Williston – Water – Homecoming and other Queens
53 Miss Williston and other Queens, several ones, also Rodeo Queen
54 Fall Festival Queen, 9/30/1948
55 Queen
56 Queen is crowned, Look like Bob Erdahl with cup, Jaycees?
57 Crowning of Queen
58 Williston High School Homecoming Queen, 10/18/1956
59 Grenora Queen candidates, 10/1956
60 Queen candidate at pool, mid 1950’s
61 Beauty Queen in bathing suit at Hamm Park, late 1950’s
62 Gale Alfson Miss. Williston, 7/1955
63 Queen of Military Ball
64 North Dakota wheat queen, about 1974
65 Wheat queen, 1967 and runner ups, portraits
66 Miss Williston Candidates, 6/19/1954
67 McGregor, N.D. - McGregor Lady & salt and pepper collection
Miscellaneous Organizations – Alphabetically “O-Y” oil field, Williston, winter activities
68 Amerada man points at oil map, 1953 – 1954 H
69 Oil field, misc. Steel Building erected, 1953 – 1954 H, National Supply Gone
70 looks like Bob Demaree in fur coat outside Plainsman 1953 – 1954 H (1 neg)
71 Desh and Divide Clob, 1953 – 1954, two women with oil well models (1 neg)
72 Ethyl show, 1953 – 1954 H (1 negative)
73 Oil well fire at Tioga, N.D. 1953 – 1954 H
74 Oil field, Ed Minor in center, 1954 – 1955 H
75 Oil field scenes and personnel, 1953 – 1954 H
76 Oil field, Phillips well near Indian Hill south of River, 1953 - 1954
77 Tioga gas plant, 1953 – 1954 H
78 C.W. Williams, well on West side, Beaver Lodge, re-drilled abandoned well, 1953 – 1954 H
79 C.W. Williams oil well shots, good pic, Williams, Johnny Auten, Drilling Crew (Ruthridge)
80 Williston Refinery, 1953 – 1954 H, construction and personnel
81 Pres. of Commiss… Ditswarth talks with Army Engineers, 1953 – 1954 H, also Brunsdale Judge Buttec, etc.
82 MD Rudrman award to Land owners, 1953 – 1954 H, also Rudman seated – Paul Fredrick, George Saudvik, Alex Crowell, Welson Laird etc.
83 Ground observer corps., Gen Gulterie air force, came here to organize sky watch, man in uniform in front of airplane, Helen Kruegu (?) and Dorothy Greengard seek plane for Ground observer post, 1953 – 1954 H
84 Elks, 1953 – 1954 H
85 Dance at Elks, 1953 – 1954, HMZ & Louise
86 Elks past exalted rulers, 1953 – 1954 H
87 Elks officers, 1953 – 1954 H
88 Moose new building, 1953 – 1954 H
89 Rainbow girls, 1953 – 1954 H
90 Rotarians, probably could be Kiwanis, 1953 – 1954 H
91 Shriners, 1953 – 1954 H
92 V.F.W. C.O. Harding and Money for recreation purposes, 1953 – 1954 H
93 Parks – tourist court, Old Municipal on West 2nd Street, 1953 – 1954 H
94 Postmaster George Harvey looks on as Post office delivery man delivers to lady, 1953 – 1954 H, probably in veterans housing
95 Post office weighing out boxes, clerk – Brown, other could be Bill at stationary Store (1 negative)
96 Post Office, Geo Harvey Christmas rush over, 1953 H
97 Monkeys in Park, 1953 – 1954 H also Badger
98 Panger way station, Log Building and windmill, South of River, 1953 – 1954 H
99 Railroad pix in snow, 1953 – 1954 H, Repair equipment, Man throwing switch,
Diesel Locomotive 354A
100 Railroad, 1953 – 1954 H, could be Great N Pres. also 3 cabooses
101 School - Gag shot, pouring water on someone, Looks like High school students, 1953 – 1954 H
102 School - Five boys without shirts, 1953 – 1954 H
103 Webster School children, 1953 – 1954 H
104 School – gymnastics, Williston High School, Boys and girls, 1953 – 1954 H
105 School – Prom, Williston High School, 1953 – 1954 H
106 De Silva, student from South America, 1953 – 1954 H; Williston High School
107 Shoppers, 1953 – 1954 H
108 School – looking at something, 1953 – 1954 H; Wally Storken, Leorard Havig, Kris Menson
109 St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Children on steps, 1953 – 1954 H
110 St. Joseph’s youth choir on steps of church, St. Joseph’s
111 St. Joseph’s Catholic School, 1953 – 1954 H; raising flag
112 St. Joseph’s Church, Mardi Gras
113 Tioga band bass drummer, 1953 – 1954 H (1 negative)
114 Tioga city Hall, move into when new, 1953 – 1954 H
115 Valentine Baby, 1954 - H
116 Women’s groups, 1953 – 1954 H
117 City engineer C Will Webster, looking at shovel
118 Downtown Williston air view, 1953 - 1954
119 Main Street, Williston, N.D. from roof of post office, camera pointing Northwest, 1953 – 1954 H, also shots of Williston Floral
120 Williston Main Street, 1953 - 1954
121 Hockey and ice skating, 1953 – 1954 H
122 Hockey, 1953 – 1954 H
123 Horse drawn sleigh, city cop LeRoy, Lutz writes ticket, 1953 - 1954
124 Scenic winter pix, 1953 – 1954 H, Highway and Railroad
125 Cutting Ice in lake, 1953 - 1954
126 Ice fishing, 1953 – 1954
127 Snowman built by children, 1953 – 1954 H
128 Fishing Derby at Epping Dam, 1953 - 1954
Listing of Herald negatives from 1953 and 1954 on a notepad
129 Billy Snyder, Herald pix
130 Police, Chief Ole Olson, Herald pic
131 City park, Wading Pool, Herald pix
132 Aviation, Herald pix
133 Williston Street Scenes, Herald pix
134 Weather bureau ? Herald pix
135 Harmon Park swimming pool, Herald pix
136 Farming, Herald pix
137 Business places, Herald pix
138 Aerial, Buford Trenton mostly, Herald pix
139 Oscar Bell portrait, Herald pic
140 Horses, Herald pix
141 Williams County Sheriff, Herald photo
Fires – Williston area
142 Fire in city recreation hall, 10/11/1956
143 Horse drawn Williston fire truck, 1912, Horses named Hook & Barney
144 Williston 1912, fire men convention, parade down Main Street copy, also Firemen barbecue, also gathering at Main and 2nd Street
145 Williston Fire Department horse drawn fire truck – copy from Chuck Ellig
146 Bob Miller at trailer fire when water wouldn’t come more than a trickle, either 5/16/1966 or 3/16/1966
147 Bystanders help man who was burned fixing R__ts
148 Paramount Oil bulk plant fire 3/25/1948
149 Paramount Oil Company gasoline fire, 3/25/1948
150 Paramount Oil Company fire, 3/25/1948
151 Oscar Bell, gas explosion
152 Gas explosion at Oscar Bell residence, 1950’s
153 Firemen’s convention 1912, serving barbecue
154 Lost boy found by river bottom by firemen
155 Boy in firemen boots
156 George Solem burned in Silver Dollar when glass jug of gasoline exploded, 11/12/1940
157 Nash Finch fire
158 Jamie Johnson H__ Fire, Christmas week 12/1925 (3 negatives)
159 Bruegger Building fire, 1941
160 Fires – Bruegger Building on fire
161 Bruegger Building, Misc fire pictures, 1940 - 1941
162 New Williston Aerial Ladder, 2/1957
163 Men outside a smoking house (1 negative)
164 Ray David Fire, about 1967, House South of Fairgrounds, burns to ground
165 Bill with hose, Car fire corner of Washington and 2nd Street
166 Explosion at Modern Equipment, 1/1957
167 Explosive truck burns at clover wild
168 Burned kids, 1/26/1962
169 Fire and wreck on Great Northern Railroad, turbine Shaft, 8/10/1956
170 Fire – old ice house burns, back of Railroad roundhouse, about 1967
171 Tractor rolled over, on fire and smoking
172 Tractor rolled over, on fire and smoking
173 Old Time Firemen, 3/21/1957
174 Old time fires
175 Masonic Temple Fire in Lunchroom, 3/1946, destroyed red cross bandages
176 Old International fire truck in action, 1941 – 1943 (1 negative)
177 Prairie fire near Lewis and Clark Bridge, 9/1949
178 Old Time firemen
179 Fire at Gauthier Farm, 10/23/1947; also in Press of 10/1931 (?) (2 negatives)
180 Williston Firemen, go to state convention 1931, John Larvick, Al Vohs, Carl Sathra, Bill McCrory Chief, also firemen & 1919 pumper, also firemen with horse drawn fire truck
181 Fire, Farmers Union grain & supply
182 MD Utility gas fire, 9/17/1954
183 Sweetheart Bakery fire, 12/11/1947
184 Chimney Fire
185 Fire and car wreck, Allen Mitchell vehicle, 10/17/1946
186 Louie Dawson Fire, West 2nd Street
187 Fire in Car
188 Trash fire behind Filbents, what is now Sukuts
189 Fire in Hart Mtn warehouse on South Main
190 Fires set in vacant 1st Lutheran Church on 1st Ave West
191 Fire at Minot Builders Warehouse in Williston, N.D. 2/26/1948
192 Fire in Tom Delaney home, 11/21/1946
193 Fire in Alec Goslin home, pic and story in Graphic only, 3/7/1947
194 House on fire, 1953 – 1954 H; dead cat, interior damage, and Lloyd Anseth with hose
195 Fire at K___, 4/9/1959, fire on East Broadway
196 Night farm fire
197 Farm fire, 1964
198 Fire in Farmers Union Stockyard pens East of Williston, N.D.
199 Bahemer Supply Fire, 1st Ave East, looks like Bill with mash
200 Fire in shack east of Bottling works, Bus McCrory on hose, 5/8/1947
201 Fire in small house, house No. 920
202 Fire in trailer, probably in 1970’s, probably at Mocket Trailer court
203 Fire in small building
204 Wooden building in town/
205 looks like copy of Trenton Rural Farm fire
206 Fire – Sweeney Oil Service Company
207 Grain elevator fire - looks like Alamo
208 Fire in ‘New’ Moose Lodge
209 Fire – looks like Williston dump grounds
210 Fire at night, Ashton Barn
211 Fire – small house on East side of town
212 could be Williston High School bleachers – football Field, Cutting
213 Fire – W. Fruit Express Warehouse, 1961
214 Shock burns, north of Football field
215 Hanger burns, Wright Field
Fires – Williams and McKenzie Counties
216 Fire at Arnegard, 1/8/1959, WPR
217 MD Fire in Arnegard, 4/1/1959
218 Fires – Williston Rural; Prairie Fire, 1953 – 1954 H
Fires – Out of Area
219 Minot Fire, 7/24/1947
220 Fire at Fairview, FUGTA Elevator and Farmers Union grain and Supply
221 Grenora Church Fire
State Fire Conventions - School
222 Firemen Convention, Botno (probably) or Rugby
223 State Fire Convention parade in Williston, N.D. 1965, Frances Connon State Pres
224 State Convention - prints
225 Fire School, Wahpeton, N.D.
226 Fire Instruction School at Wahpeton, N.D.
227 Fire School, Wahpeton, N.D.
228 State Fire School in Old Williston Armory
229 State Fire School – Fireman meet in Old Moose Hall
230 Fire School, Kenmare, N.D.
231 Fire School, Wildrose, N.D.
232 Phil Gual (?) and Tony Patocker (?)
233 to 274 Individually sleeved negatives of miscellaneous life in the Williston, N.D. area including parades and unidentified group portraits (41 negatives)
Moose organization
275 Moose Lodge – about 1955
276 Women of the moose
277 Michel (?) girl in boat at moose lodge, 5/30/1957
278 Moose Lodge building, 5/1957
279 Group portraits
280 Moose – beginning of construction of new building at 1st Ave East and 2nd Street
281 Moose – women give check to Mercy Hospital
282 Moose – Interim manager
283 Convention of Dakota Moose Association, 7/3/1947, marching and banquet
284 Moose children, inside and outside
285 Moose Hall, on East Broadway – shows break-in of front door
286 Moose Lodge installation at Crosby, N.D., 8/4/1946
287 Moose Bowlers, 2 different teams
288 Women of Moose, about 1941 - 1942
289 Moose – looks like a drill team in present building
290 Women of Moose – dressed in graduation caps and gowns
291 Moose banquet in old Hall on East Broadway
292 Moose initiation and kids Christmas – group portraits
293 Moose class, 6/13/1955
294 Williston Moose Club, 12/1953, new building after fire
295 Moose class 10/1953, long and close shots
296 Women of Moose, 1952
297 moose photos – early 1950’s ? moose class in old building that burned; Gil Stenehjem gives trophy to Jim Keller and lady – probably baseball from Legion to Moose team; and old building on 1st Ave East – probably while Moose used as a hall after moving from Broadway
298 Moose Lodge – pix in old building that burned
299 New Moose Building - one that burned

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