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by MarilynHudson
Jan[ary,2014
Or the next pages,you will find two mapsof ParshallND. The first one, Prrshrll Circa 1964,is Main
Sheetas it existedin 1964. The secondmap,Palslall Circa 2014,rcflectsMain Streettoday. It is oftensaid
words." Thisbeingthecase,you canvisualizeour Parshallof 50yearsagoby
that"a pictureis wortha thousand
takingan imaginarystroll up its Main Street,the arteryandheartbeatofall smalltownsin rural America.The
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firc hall analpolice stationtbr emergencies.You could buy what you neededfor your houseand yard at Jack's
coastto coastHardwarestoreor a ncw suitofclothesat Millie's or Hanson'sstore, andyou coulddfivea new
caror tractorotTthelot at oneoflhe localdealenhipsaboutParshallaboutthc yearsaroundthe lale 1950'sandeally
comments
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1960'sis saturdaynighton Main street. It wasa lavoritetimc for everyone.Peoplepafkedon Main andsatin
their carsandwarchedall the action. Kids ran up anddown the streetchasingeachoihel andhaving a goodtime.
The men gatheredin the local breweriesand talked aboutgrain prices. The womenshoppedand ran enandsand
vjsited wathfiiends and neighbors. Teenagerswho werc lucky enoughto havewheelsdroveup and down main
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Today,50 yearslater,Main Stlectis stitl identifiableas tbe Main Str€etof t964. It is still 4
ca$, you will find many
blocls long andyou still parkyour car at ar angleto the curb.hst€adof passenger
pickups
parked
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here, Thd seemsto makeMsin Stre€trarrol{€r thanit usedto be, Most of tlre
andsomearevacadtandboardedup.You canstill
buildingsarcstill thercalthoughsomehouseotherbusinesses
(Item 29)' not Super
stopin at the local groceryin the sameplace as you did 50 yearsago lt is now-FoodPride
and $6 28
Viu aftfrouehma"i old timers continueto call it as such. *ou will pay abour52 99 for a loaf ofbread
gallon
of milk.
for a
You may seethe proprietor,RichardBolkan, €itherin the storeor on
the run io City Hali up the sfieet. In my opinion, fuchard is the
hardestworkilg guy in town. Not or{y doeshe opemtethe food store
now open? daiJa weekwifi extendedeveninghoun. but he is also
our town'sMayor. You will havelo askMayotfuchardwhichjob is
lhe most difficult. Richardwas one ofthe subjectsin the film "Boom
Torvn'in 2011. The film, producedand directedby RachelLiebert
for PlanetGree& docuo€ntedthe impact ofthe oil boom on the City
of Parsh.ll. Since that time, hundreds of joumalists, newsmen,
job-seekersand
DhotographeB,developers.enneprmeurs.investors,
otheriru_vecorneto Parshallbecauseof lhe Bakkenoil boom.
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As you walk downMain Street,you canpersonallyobservesomeof the.aspects
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.urriu" oil b'oo-. Historically,Parshallhasbeendependent
produoing
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wcitemNorth Dakota
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disioveryin the past50jears. And it's iustgeningstarred.. can agicultureandtheoil industy co-existin our
by expertsh thesefields'
andwill havero beanswered
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Today,3 fr;ins eac-hpulling 100carsloadedwith Bakten oil passthroughParshallon theii way to eastem I
andfircs in
of the rccentoil hain derailments
refineries.This is causingsomeconcemfor residentsbeoause
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andCasselton,
Alabama,Canada
Mirmesota,
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post
place. postnasterMartinNadeauwill I
Oifroe(Item 12) is in thesame_
v." t"rif "p Main, the
mail a letterfor you for 49 cents. Therearefar'moremail boxesthanthecewerein 1964 No longerdoesthe I
in townanymore.TheKing Oil Company(ItemNo.
lorcreveryonein town. No onelorcwseveryone
Doshnaster
whatusedto betheHobbyshop.a favoriteshoppingplacefor I
iii l^ * om"" in *'" samebuilding. tt occupies
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ii. lo*i *orn"n in 1964. Pa*ed i;front of thepostofficebuildingaodlhe Laundromatlt.em7)' youwill see t
andso
licenseplates.ManyarefromWyomin&ldaho,Montana'Washington
carsandpickupswith out-of-state
such t
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one
librarian
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city
fields'
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oil
work
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of Parshall,
on. Thes"ari oul new resialents
ih" andher husbandmovedherefiom Montanaabouta year ago. Sheis very happywith the t
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r""J i.la" i" t iui.t i,ffice(Itemil) whereJack'scoasrto coaststoreusedto be.
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oil well sitesto be srllethereis no distubance I
Oilicer. Hisjob is to inspectproposed
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to the Stateor to the Tribe.
In 2009.the SlawsonOil Co. developeda well, Wombat 1-25H,
in the trorthwestoorneroftown. The 640_aorespacingunit includesthe
land under Parshall, All lot owners in town receive a small royalty
(about
$10per month)ftom the productionofthis well.
You canno longergraba bite to eatat the Centralor Niche Caf6'
The TasteeFleezeis now the Tasty Treats(Item 22). You can still get
ao ice creamconctherebut you can also get a variefy of fast foods' The
car and fann impleEent buildings are either vacantol used by another
is now an oil field
comoanv.Whai usedto be Zavalney'sLaundrornat
by lhe Colden
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George's
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playing
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opendoor of th" building. It is now usedfot more
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cards,puttrng togetherjigsaw puzzles and an occasionallucheon meeting. Membersof this Jet set are the
peoplewho in 1964 workedand sholped in the businessplaceson Main Street.
Farther up the sheet, the Reseflation TelephoneCo. (Item 31) has grown and expandeclsince its
begirning daysin the 1950's. It is now a commrmicationsleaderfirmishing telephone,cable Tv and wireless
intemet and "bundles" to Parshalland much of westeh North Dakota. AsLthe ladies at the seniorcenter,anal
they will be able to tell you when Parshallrelephone co. $as a lady sitting in a little building with a srnall
switchboardnear what is now Monte's Body shop. Todat RTc eftploys about 100 people ani'has the latest
state-of-the-artequipmentand services.The new RTC building occupiesthe spotwhere-thicrand rheater stood.
so peoplehopingto gab that sundaymatineecan't do so andmay haveto go 6 RTc and graba ..bundle,,instead.
You \r.ill seea lot ofactivity taking placeat City Hall (Iteh 16).
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The Medodal Hall is being remodeled, We have a new citv ofrice
building which also housesthe city library. The City has hned
additional stafr such as an engineerand a planner to assistand advise
them in the m.ny issues confionting a mpidly gowing ciq,. AI
Chistianson and the maintenancestalf are kept busy making sure the
residentsare suppliedwith watet, safe streetsand all other aspectsofa
publicworkssysl€m.
At the end ofyour 4-block walh you will seethe palshall Motor
Inn (Item l1). This motel and its owner were also featued in the film
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Town." Like
LK€ most
"Boom
mo$ other
ourer hotels
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norcls and
ano motels in
rn westem North
Dakota,the.Motor k'n housesoil workers and nrely has a vacancy. Travelefi to this ar€ahave a difficult time
finding a place to stay. so it is possiblethere will be more housing constructionas the oil boom continuesto
impacton coftmunities like Parchall.
we hope you have enjoyedyour sholl through our Main street on this occasionof the cefiennial of
P,arshall.__
what th€ ftture holds is anyone'sguessright now. will the oil boom continue? If so, for how long?
what will be the fallout fiom the bust? No one is able to answerrhesequestionswith any degreeof certainly. L
recentsurveyformdParshallresidentsdivided on the issueofthe oil boom,whetherit is a,,blessing"or a ..curse."
Most peoplefall into a middle-of-the-loadcategoryon this issue. In the meanwhile,parshall is Eerefiting ftom
someof the oil revenuewhich flows to the state's coffers and which has madeNorth Dakota one of th; most
fiscally sound states in the union. Someof the money is being usedto ihprove the steets and sidewalksin
Parshall. By the time of the centennialcelebration,you may be walking on someof the sidewalksand diiving on
the highwaysfinded by the oil boom.
AbouttheMans
parshall. The map symboliz.tion using color
_ we hope our readersenjoy thesemapsof Main sheet of
andicons was interestingand educationalfor us. we ale very proud of the finishedproduct. This is the siory of
how thesemapscameto be.
Dr' sebastianBraun from the Depalhnentof Indian studiesat rhe universify ofNorth Dakotais a good
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friend of the people of Fort Berthold. when he heard about the parshall centennial and the historv boo[ he
offered his kind assistance.we told him we neededa map to illus&ate pa$hall, ita past and its pres€nt. Dr.
Brarm discussedthe project with Dr. Michael Niedzielski of the Geogaphy Departrnentat uND. They then
visited Parshall, met with our coDmittee and discussedvmious ways r" aepict ou, story in a map iomat,
Identifing Main sheet as it existedin 1964was not as easya task as we thought, However,with som; research
and discussionwith long-time residents,we werc ableto reconstructthe 4-blo;k sheet and identifi the buildings
andbusinesses.Michael was very patientwith the committe€with the many coEectionsand chaogeswe madeis
we went along. The type ofbusinesswas also ofimportancesincean icon oi symbol ofthe business(a gaspump
for the stations,a spoonand fmk for lestauants,etc.)was needed. My person;l favorite is the greensq;arc-wftL
the bam and silos depictingagriculture. It is usedto identiry fie grain elevatorsby the railroadtrack.
We ar,every apprcciativeofthe expeltisegovided to us by Dr. Niedzielski by designingaod developing
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thesemaps. we could not have done this without hih. you will seeMichael's nameon the lowo tieht hatri
comerofthe maps. He receivesfiIl credit andachrowledgmentfoi the existenceofthese maps.
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