Bowbells

In early April, 1921, the City Council in Bowbells passed Ordinance No. 69, a fairly straight-forward ordinance that required any person, firm, or…

Last month we heard how the 1918 influenza pandemic struck Bowbells, North Dakota. Local boards of health closed schools, churches and places of public…

Communities locked down when the 1918 influenza pandemic emerged in North Dakota. The outbreak of so-called “Spanish flu” shuttered most aspects of daily…

On this date in 1900, the Bowbells Tribune printed an article touting the benefits of the new town of Bowbells. The town had been established in 1898.Over…

On this date in 1908 the Lesh family announced that they were leaving Bowbells, North Dakota for Idaho. John Lesh and his family were among the earliest…

Bowbells is the county seat of Burke County, which is bordered on the north by the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Bowbells was founded in 1898 along…