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Oakes the Garden Spot of North Dakota in 1880s boom
A promotional sketch extols Oakes Dakota as among the state’s leading towns with three major railroads the Soo Line Northern Pacific and Great Northern, plus rich Dickey County farming lands. It highlights climate soil topography and rapid growth, urging settlement and investment in real estate banks schools churches and civic groups.
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