Early Kenmare Days - Kenmare, North Dakota
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BruceS
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Historical marker commemorating the history of Kenmare, North Dakota.
Waymark Code: WM2MN0
Location: North Dakota, United States
Date Posted: 11/21/2007
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Early Kenmare Days
In 1891, Augustines Rouses began prospecting for coal in what would
eventually become known as Kenmare. As one of the first settlers, he
served as postmaster for the town (then known as Lignite) until this death in a
gunfight in 1896. The town then went nameless, until Kenmare was
established in 1897. The area thrived, with steamboats pushing barge loads
of grain to Kenmare from the small communities located on the Upper Des Lacs
Lake. In 1904, one of the buyers shipped 200,000 bushels by these barges!
Although the barges are gone, huge amounts of grain still travel from the area -
only now it goes by rail! ~ text of marker