Miscellaneous newspaper articles about Benson County North Dakota

May 10, 1886
Daily Huronite, Huron South Dakota

Burned with Their Contents-Minnewaukan, Dak., Special, May 6-The house and barn of H.N. Shellenberer, three miles west of here were totally burned. No cause can be assigned. Nothing was saved. The loss included a valuable library, clothing, furniture, hay oats, and $70 money. No insurance. [Sub. Shauna Williams]

January 27, 1887
The Marion Daily Star, Marion Ohio

A drunken farmer near Minnewaukan, D.T., crawled into a snow bank the other night, and, although the temperature was 10 degs. below zero, he woke up the next morning sober and uninjured.

November 21, 1890
Sandusky Daily Register, Sandusky Ohio

Minnewaukan, N.D., Nov. 20-The Sioux Indians on the Devil's Lake reservation adjoining this town are not especially stirred up as yet. All the troops at Fort Totten have been removed to Standing Rock. The citizens here are uneasy, but it is not believed that the Indians contemplate an outbreak. [Submitted by S. Williams]

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