Vance, N.D. Collection
Collection
Identifier: SC 823
Scope and Content
File contains a typed article entitle “Vance – and other Junctions”, by Donn S. McLellan, in which he reminisces about a railroad trip he took alone as a 5 year-old boy, from Fargo, N.D. to his grandparents in Northwood, N.D. The story revolves around his memory of transferring trains at the small Vance
junction station, and recalling the family circumstances surrounding it.
Dates
- 2013-2016
Access
The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the NDSU Archives.
History
Vance, North Dakota, was a junction station built by the Great Northern Railroad in 1912. It was located in Section 13, of Amenia Township, Cass County. At this location the Great Northern Railroad’s Casselton-Mayville line crossed with the Surrey cutoff line. The George H. Vance family lived near the station, and it was from this family that the station name was derived. Members of the Vance family
operated the signal tower and railroad mail service. Beyond the railroad junction station, no other
development occurred at Vance.
Extent
1 Items (1 item [11 leaves])
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
File contains a typed article entitle “Vance – and other Junctions”, by Donn S. McLellan, in which he reminisces about a railroad trip he took alone as a 5 year-old boy, from Fargo, N.D. to his grandparents in Northwood, N.D. The story revolves around his memory of transferring trains at the small Vance junction station, and recalling the family circumstances surrounding it.
Provenance
Document donated by Donn S. McLellan, 2016.
Property rights
The NDSU Archives owns the property rights to this collection.
- Title
- Finding Aid to the Vance, N.D. Collection
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Institute for Regional Studies Repository
Contact:
West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu
West Building N
3551 7th Avenue North
Fargo North Dakota 58102 United States
ndsu.archives@ndsu.edu