Bowesmont, North Dakota
Bowesmont is a ghost town in Pembina County, North Dakota, United States. Bowesmont is located along a BNSF Railroad line near Interstate 29, 8.2 miles (13.2 km) north of Drayton. The community was initially named Alma for Alma, Ontario in 1878; the name was changed to Bowesmont, for William Bowes, the town's first shopkeeper, six months later. According to legend, Bowes won the right to name the town in a card game.
Bowesmont was devastated by the 1997 Red River flood. Only an old church and a small trucking outfit are left, with no residential area. An annual pilgrimage occurs every second Sunday of July where former residents meet in the church to commemorate the town.
Notable person
- Harold Keith Johnson, Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1964 to 1968
References
- ^ "Bowesmont". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
- ^ Pembina County (PDF) (Map). North Dakota Department of Transportation. 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 2, 2006. Retrieved March 14, 2012.
- ^ Federal Writers' Project workers (1938). North Dakota: A Guide to the Northern Prairie State. Works Progress Administration. p. 352.
- ^ "Bowesmont... The Little Town that Lives in the Heart" (PDF). Retrieved July 17, 2024.
- ^ Capace, Nancy (2001). Encyclopedia of North Dakota. Somerset Publishers. p. 411.
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