Any traffic between Fort Abercrombie and Fort Ransom needed to contend with the Sheyenne River. No bridges crossed it which left two choices available to travelers. The so-called “high-water trail” ran around the river’s big bend and the much shorter, but straighter “low-water trail” which crossed two fords. Because of its being shin deep the spelling of one has evolved to Shenford and the other was known by several names: Harris, Brunton, or Black Tiger.
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