. North Dakota history and people; outlines of American history. nel Stevens was succeeded by Leonard B. Hodges, who took charge ofthe tree planting on the Northern Pacific. William Creswell in 1876 becameagent for the Northern Pacific Railroad and for their nursery, and postmaster atCasselton. Colonel Stevens caused a large number of tomato plants to be placed onColonel Lounsberrys homestead at Bismarck. They flourished and gave greatpromise, as did five acres of beans, but a few million grasshoppers came in on agentle breeze and in half an hour there was not a green thing left on the ranch.
. North Dakota history and people; outlines of American history. nel Stevens was succeeded by Leonard B. Hodges, who took charge ofthe tree planting on the Northern Pacific. William Creswell in 1876 becameagent for the Northern Pacific Railroad and for their nursery, and postmaster atCasselton. Colonel Stevens caused a large number of tomato plants to be placed onColonel Lounsberrys homestead at Bismarck. They flourished and gave greatpromise, as did five acres of beans, but a few million grasshoppers came in on agentle breeze and in half an hour there was not a green thing left on the ranch. The selection of the Dalrymple farm and Dalrymple to take charge of itwas an incident of the Northern Pacific failure of 1873. The lands were selectedby J. B. Power in 1874 and improvements commenced the next year. J. was then agent for the land commissioner of the Northern Pacific Rail-road, William A. Howard of Michigan, who was afterwards governor of Dakotaand died in office. About two thousand acres had been put under cultivation and settlers had z. HISTORY OF NORTH DAKOTA 511 commenced to come into the country, when in 1877 the townsite was laid out atCasselton and William Creswell, the companys agent, erected the first dwelling. The great Dalrymple farm is in the immediate vicinity of Casselton, a partof the corporate limits. It embraces the Cass, Cheney and Alton farms, and sev-eral farms owned by Dalrymple. About fifteen thousand acres in all. The landwas selected in 1874, was broken in part in 1S75, and the first crop in 1876, theamount under cultivation being largely increased in 1877-8 and succeeding years. It was purchased with discredited Northern Pacific Railroad bonds, some ofwhich cost Mr. Cass and his associates par value, and some from 10 to 20 centson the dollar. The farm was opened as an experiment and for advertising pur-poses ; it became a bonanza to its owners and led to an era of big farming inNorth Dakota. BARNES COUNTY This county was created J
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