I met the visitors from Venlo, the Netherlands today at the NDSU archive building and found them very friendly and easy to talk to. Toine (pronounced Twan) and his tv cameraman are making a swing through the area and gathering information about Venlo, ND.
Tomorrow, Oct. 28, their schedule shows them in Lisbon at the Gazette office from 10:00 a.m. to ? and Saturday, Oct. 29 in Sheldon about 11:00 a.m. until ?
As I said they are easy to visit with, so if you have any knowledge of Venlo, bring it around: pictures, clippings, stories told by parents or grandparents, etc. He will use it all to compile a town history that has never existed before. I only wish I had more information to share with him.
Mary asked from where did the name of Venlo come. The booklet that we happen to have “Origins of North Dakota Place Names” tells us this: “Venlo - A grain elevator built in 1890 was the beginning of this village on Sec. 23, Shenford Twp. supposedly named by a Soo Line Ry. official for Venlo in the Netherlands. In 1914 A. Wisner erected and operated the first store. The post office was established Jan. 18, 1922 with Albert E. Carter, postmaster.”
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