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Wishek was platted in 1898 when the railroad was extended to that point. [6] A post office has been in operation at Wishek since 1898. [7] The city was named in honor of John H. Wishek Sr., a local cattleman. [8] Wishek was originally built up chiefly by Germans from Russia. [9] The Old Wishek City Hall was built in 1916.
Name Image Built Listed Location County Type Beaver Creek Bridge: 1913 1997-02-27 Finley: Steele: Pratt through truss Caledonia Bridge: 1895 1997-02-27
The town was named after Colonel Andrew Bisbee, a native of Peru, Maine.Bisbee, a veteran of the Civil War who came to Towner County in 1885. In 1890 he was chosen by the county commissioners of Towner County to solicit drought relief and was elected to a term in the North Dakota Senate.
The old Wishek City Hall was a historic building in Wishek, North Dakota.The one-story building was built in 1916 and demolished c. 2011. [2] This building may or may not have originally been the power plant built by the Krein Brothers in 1916, and likely was sold after the Krien Brothers sold their properties to a predecessor of Montana-Dakota Utilities in 1925.
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Doyle Memorial Park is a 21-acre (8.5 ha) public recreation area occupying a peninsula on Green Lake five miles (8.0 km) southeast of Wishek in McIntosh County, North Dakota. The park was formerly known as Doyle Memorial State Recreation Area. It became the property of the City of Wishek on July 1, 2017, [3] and is operated by the Wishek Park ...
McIntosh County is a county in the U.S. state of North Dakota.As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,530. [1] Its county seat is Ashley. [2] The county is notable for being the county with the highest percentage of German-Americans in the United States, with over 76% of the county's residents being of German descent as of 2010.
Orrin is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Pierce County, North Dakota, United States.Its population was 22 as of the 2010 census. [3]Old Saint John Nepomocene Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site and St. Mathias Cemetery, Wrought-Iron Cross Site, both in or near Orrin, are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.