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Old settlers picnic at Ayerst grove delights North Dakota crowd
A Saturday gathering at Ayerst's grove near Sweetwater Lake drew about 1500 settlers and locals. The event featured old settlers dancing to The Good Old Summer Time and The Irish Washerwoman, a fair ball game between Starkweather and Devils Lake, plus vivid notes on Ft Totten Indian school and farming efforts led by Superintendent Charles L. Davie. Postmaster Frank Maurer of Starkweather attended and spoke to pioneer progress.
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Ayerst’s Grove
Sweetwater Lake
Hoavy
North Dakota
Trackles
Inter-Ocean
Ayerst
Mayor Morgridge
Dave Turner
Dr. Davenport
Will Moree
Bob Wilmot
Starkweather
Devils Lake
Aggregation J
Frank Maurer
Frank
A.M. Powell
Calvin Mooers
Keith
Ft. Totten
Government School
Sisters’ School
Father Jerome Hunt
Father Hunt
Ft. Rice
Heerman
Davie
Grand Forks