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.[2] 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.[1] According to legend, Bowes won the right to name the town in a card game.[3]
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.[4]
Notable person
- Harold Keith Johnson, Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1964 to 1968[5]
References
- ^ a b "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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