Thursday, January 25, 2024

Fording the River

  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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