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North Dakota Death Index Search
Mouse River Loop Genealogical Society An excellent resource for Renville County and the surrounding area.
People living in Renville County in 1885
A searchable database of the 1885 Census for North Dakota
Excerpts from an article by the daughter of Donald Foster
Mainstreet Mohall
News Items from Mohall
The early history of Mohall
The early history of Mohall
Cemeteries of Renville County
The early history of Mohall
Atlas of Renville County
Atlas of Renville County
75th anniversary of St. Jerome's Church
Commemorating Mohall's 75th anniversary
Diary, 1901 May 25-July 12
10th census, 1880, Dakota. United States Census
12th census of population, 1900, North Dakota United States. Census
13th census of population, 1910, North Dakota United States. Census
14th census of population, 1920, North Dakota United States Census
Sherwood : portrait of a community /drawings by Lori DesLauriers.
Village on the River
Fate, destiny, necessity on Renville's prairies
A sketch of Joseph Renville : a "Bois Brule," and early trader of Minnesota
Renville County history / by Renville County Old Settler's
Origins of North Dakota place names / Mary Ann Barnes
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Cemeteries of Renville County, N. Dak.
plus cemeteries of Mohall and Lansford, N. Dak. / [copied by] Viginia Lee and Edward Bryans.- Library: North Dakota State Univ.
- Location: INSTITUTE ROOM F642.R4 L43 1987
- Author: Lee, Virginia.
- Publisher: Minot, N.D. : Mouse River Loop Genealogical Society, 1987.
- Description: 103 p. : map ; 29 cm.
- Subject: Registers of births, etc.--North Dakota--Renville County.
- Subject: Cemeteries--North Dakota--Renville County.
- Subject: Lansford (N.D.)--Genealogy.
- Subject: Mohall (N.D.)--Genealogy.
- Subject: Renville County (N.D.)--Genealogy.
The early history of Mohall, North Dakota, [1923?]
- Library: North Dakota State Univ.
- Location: INSTITUTE ROOM Small Collection 598
- Author: Hall, Luella J.
- Description: 1 item (50 leaves).
- Summary: Photocopy of her typed history of Mohall, N.D. founded in 1901 by M.O. Hall, in Renville County. The four chapters are: 1. "Physiography of the Mouse River Loop, North Dakota," 2. "The founding of Mohall," 3. "The coming of the railroad," and 4. "The reorganization of Renville County." The history generally covers through 1903 except the county reorganization which goes to 1910. Chapters include a description of the area, and mention blizzards, floods and the effect on travel from Minot, N.D., area towns including Minot and Towner, N.D., the naming of Mohall, early residents, expansion of the railroad, and the division of Ward County into Renville and Ward Counties.
- Subject: Hall, Martin O., 1853-1925.
Atlas of Renville County, North Dakota
/ compiled by American Atlas Co.- Library: North Dakota State Univ.
- Location: INSTITUTE ROOM FOLIO G1443.R4 A5 1974
- Author: American Atlas Company, Fergus Falls, Minnesota
- Publisher: Fergus Falls : The Company, 1974.
- Description: [58] p. : ill., maps ; 36 cm.
- Subject: Real property--North Dakota--Renville County--Maps.
- Subject: Renville County (N.D.)--Directories.
- Subject: Renville County (N.D.)--Maps.
Atlas of Renville County, North Dakota
/ compiled by Western Mapping, Inc., Aberdeen, South Dakota.- Library: North Dakota State Univ.
- Location: INSTITUTE ROOM FOLIO G1443.R4 W4 1990
- Author: Western Mapping, Inc.
- Math-Data: Scale [ca. 1:40,000] (W 101)10--W 10200/N 4830--N 4900).
- Publisher: Aberdeen, S.D. : The Corporation, c1990.
- Description: 1 atlas (24 [i.e. 48], ca. 59 p.) : ill., maps, ports. ; 36 cm.
- Subject: Real property--North Dakota--Renville County--Maps.
- Subject: Renville County (N.D.)--Maps.
- Subject: Renville County (N.D.)--Directories.
- Subject: Renville County (N.D.)--Biography--Portraits.
75th anniversary of St. Jerome's Church
Mohall, North Dakota, 1906-1981.- Library: North Dakota State Univ.
- Location: INSTITUTE ROOM BX4603.M64 S37
- Publisher: [Mohall, N.D. : The Church, 1981 (St.Louis, Mo. : Pictorial Church Directories of America)
- Description: [13] p. : ill. ; 28 cm.
- Subject: St. Jerome's Church (Mohall, N.D.)
- Subject: Mohall (N.D.)--Church history.
Commemorating Mohall's 75th anniversary : July 6-12, 1976
- Library: North Dakota State Univ.
- Location: INSTITUTE ROOM F644.M633 H38 1976
- Author: Haugan, Henry M., 1896-
- Publisher: [Mohall, N.D. : Mohall's Diamond Jubilee Committee, 1976]
- Description: 68 p. : ill., facsim., ports. ; 23 cm.
- Subject: Renville County (N.D.)--History.
- Subject: Mohall (N.D.)--History.
Diary, 1901 May 25-July 12.
- Location: INSTITUTE ROOM Small Collection 607
- Author: Land, Nels N., 1862-1938.
- Description: 1 item (8 p.).
- Summary: Relates, in very good detail, the daily activities of Mr. Land who moved from Davenport, N.D. to homestead in Bottineau County near Mohall, N.D. with Halvor Haugan and his sons, Martin and Louis Haugan. They traveled by railroad car to Minot and then by wagon to their claims. There is an entry for every day detailing such activities as hauling their possessions and lumber from Minot, constructing the shacks, breaking the sod, and the weather, including a June snowstorm.
- Reproduction: Carbon typescript.
- Subject: Haugan, Louis.
- Subject: Haugan, Martin.
- Subject: Land, Nels N., 1862-1938.
- Subject: Norwegian Americans--North Dakota--Bottineau County.
10th census, 1880, Dakota.
- Location: MICROFILM HA631 1880 .U5 1970
- Author: United States. Census Office. 10th census, 1880.
- Publisher: [Washington : National Archives and Records Service,197-?]
- Description: 5 reels ; 35 mm.
- Contents-Note: 111. Aurora, Barnes, Boreman, Rusk, Walworth, Campbell, Beadle, Billings, Bon Homme, Brookings, Brown, Brule,Burleigh, Cass, Clark.--112. Clay, Codington, Custer, Davison, Day, Deuel, Emmons, Forsyth, Shannon, Foster, Faulk, Grand Forks, Grant, Hamlin, Hand, Hanson, Hughes (part), Stanley (part), Hughes (part), Stanley (part), Hutchinson, Armstrong, Kidder.--113. Kingsbury, Lake, Lawrence, Mandan, Lincoln, Lyman, Buffalo, Presho, McCook, Meyer, Miner, Minnehaha.--114. Moody, Morton, Pembina, Pennington, Ramsey, Ransom (part), La Moure, Ransom (part), Richland, Spink, Stanley (part), Stevens, Stutsman, Sully, Todd, Charles Mix, Douglas, Traill, Turner, Union (part).--115. Union
12th census of population, 1900, North Dakota.
- Location: MICROFILM HA561 1900 .U5 1970
- Author: United States. Census Office. 12th census, 1900.
- Publisher: [Washington : National Archives and Records Service,197-?]
- Description: 9 reels ; 35 mm.
- Contents-Note: 1226. Barnes, Benson, Billings, Bottineau, Burleigh,Cavalier (part).--1227. Cavalier (part), Cass.--1228. Dickey, Eddy, Emmons, Foster, Grand Forks, Griggs.--1229. Kidder, LaMoure, Logan, McHenry, McIntosh, McLean, Mercer.--1230. Morton, Nelson, Oliver, Pembina, Pierce.--1231. Ramsey, Ransom, Richland, Rolette.--1232. Sargent, Stark, Stutsman, Steele, Towner (part).--1233. Towner (part), Traill, Walsh.--1234. Ward, Wells, Williams; Standing Rock Indian Reservation; Indian, military and naval population schedules.
- Subject: North Dakota--Census, 1900.
- Subject: North Dakota--Genealogy.
13th census of population,
1910, North Dakota [microform]- Location: MICROFILM HA561.5 1910 .U5 1982
- Author: United States. Bureau of the Census.
- Publisher: [Washington, D.C.] : United States. National Archives [1982] (Bureau of the Census Micro-film Laboratory)
- Description: 12 reels ; 35 mm.
- Subject: North Dakota--Population--Statistics.
- Subject: North Dakota--Census, 1910.
- Subject: North Dakota--Genealogy.
14th census of population,
1920, North Dakota [microform.]- Location: MICROFILM HA561.5 1920 .C46 1992
- Publisher: [Washington, D.C. : National Archives and Records
- Administration, 1992]
- Description: 14 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
- Subject: North Dakota--Census, 1920.
- Subject: United States--Census, 14th, 1920.
- Subject: North Dakota--Genealogy.
- Series: National Archives microfilm publications ; microcopy no. T-625.
Sherwood : portrait of a community
/drawings by Lori DesLauriers.- Library: N DAKOTA ST LIBR
- LOCATION: F644.S49 N455
- AUTHOR: Nelson, Jean E.
- PUBLISHER: [Sherwood, N.D.] : J. E. Nelson, c1979.
- DESCRIPTN: 64 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
- SUBJECT: Sherwood, N.D.--History.
- SUBJECT: Renville County (N.D.)--History.
- SUBJECT: North Dakota--History.
Village on the River
- Library: N DAKOTA ST LIBR
- Location: OVERSIZE COLLECTION F644.M27 G755
- AUTHOR: Grinnell, John E.
- PUBLISHER: [S.l. : Southern Illinois University, 1970?]
- DESCRIPTN: 19 p. : ill., ports. ; 29 cm.
- SUBJECT: Frontier and pioneer life--Renville County (N.D.).
- SUBJECT: McKinney (N.D.)--History.
- SUBJECT: North Dakota--History, Local.
Fate, destiny, necessity on Renville's prairies
- Library: N DAKOTA ST LIBR
- LOCATION: OVERSIZE COLLECTION F642.R4 H45
- AUTHOR: Hembree, Blanche.
- EDITION: 1st ed.
- PUBLISHER: [New York : Vantage Press], c1977.
- DESCRIPTN: 272 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
- SUBJECT: Renville Co., N.D.--History.
- SUBJECT: Renville Co., N.D.--Biography.
A sketch of Joseph Renville : a "Bois Brule," and early trader of Minnesota
- Library: U OF ND - CFL
- LOCATION: EB Robinson Dept SpCol F601 .M66 vol.1
- AUTHOR: Neill, Edward D. (Edward Duffield), 1823-1893.
- PUBLISHER: 1872.
- DESCRIPTN: p. 196-206 ; 23 cm.
- SUBJECT: Renville, Joseph, d. 1846.
- SERIES: Collections of the Minnesota Historical Society ; v.
Renville County history
- Library: N DAKOTA ST LIBR
- LOCATION: OVERSIZE COLLECTION F644.R4 R4x
- AUTHOR: Renville County Old Settler's Association.
- PUBLISHER: Renville, N.D. : The Association, c1976.
- DESCRIPTN: 832 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 29 cm.
- SUBJECT: Renville County (N.D.)--History.
- SUBJECT: North Dakota--History, Local.
- SUBJECT: North Dakota--Biography.
- SUBJECT: Renville County (N.D.)--Biography.
Origins of North Dakota place names
- Library: U OF ND - CFL
- LOCATION: EB Robinson Dept SpCol F642.W35 W5 1961
- AUTHOR: Williams, Mary Ann Barnes, 1886-
- PUBLISHER: Washburn, N.D. : Williams, 1961 (Bismarck, N.D. : Bismarck Printing Co.)
- DESCRIPTN: 22 p. ; 23 cm.
- BIBLIOG: References: p. 3-4.
- SUBJECT: Names, Geographical--North Dakota--Ward County.
- SUBJECT: Names, Geographical--North Dakota--Renville County.
- SUBJECT: Names, Geographical--North Dakota--Mountrail County.
- SUBJECT: Names, Geographical--North Dakota--Burke County.
- SUBJECT: Burke County (N.D.)--History.
- SUBJECT: Mountrail County (N.D.)--History.
- SUBJECT: Renville County (N.D.)--History.
- SUBJECT: Ward County (N.D.)--History.
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