7/27/2013:
On this date in 1910, a townsite with an unusual name was in the works. Located approximately 14 miles west of Underwood along the banks of the Missouri, it was not the first time the land was examined. The Bismarck Daily Tribune indicated that this plat was to be the original site for Bismarck when the first surveyors of the NP Railroad came through.
The first townsite of Energy was actually platted in 1885 by a Fargo man, who named it in hopes that it would lead to development. The plat showed stores, churches, factories, and other imagined business successes that never came to fruition.
Listen in tomorrow to hear a bit more about the short life of Energy, N.D.
Dakota Datebook written by Sarah Walker
Sources:
http://www.webfamilytree.com/North_Dakota_Place_Names/E/energy_%28mclean_county%29.htm
Bismarck Daily Tribune, Wednesday, July 27, 1910