Esmond ~ The Evergreen City
Esmond is a city in Benson County, North Dakota in the United States.
Esmond was founded in 1901. The population was 100 at the 2010 census.
~ The early 1900's ~
This photo has been provided by Gail Prewitt, granddaughter of Joseph Duckworth, teacher/principal in Benson schools in the early 1900's. Thanks to Curt Hogenson for the following identification of the students. Front Row: Olaug Holl, Odella Johnson. Second Row: Johanns Holl, Eilert Rierson, Olga Stenhjem, Edith Guttromson, Manda Halvorson. Third Row: Meranda Liudahl, Olaf Halvorson, Audrey Halvorson, Elvira Johnson, Karen Holl. Fourth Row: Agnes Johnson, Carl Johnson, Teacher Joseph Duckworth, Rhinehart Rierson, Norman Liudahl
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1908 ~ Old postcard of the Trinity Lutheran Church with its stained glass windows ~ Esmond Public & High School: White building held 1-3 grades, and the brick building held 4-12 grades. When the metal building was constructed the high school moved in there and all the grades were in the brick building. (From Bernard Anderson)
Esmond ~ Sports
1936 ~ Girls Basketball Team went to state ~ Members: Irene Hoffner, Marian O'Hare, Ina O'Hare, Britta Bengson, Audrey O'Hare, Marie Gumeringer, Doris Olson, Garda Berg & Coach William Thornton.
1954 ~ District Champs ~ Esmond Eagles & Coach, Noel F. Russell
From Rock Leier: (1948) I think this team represented the year the Esmond American Legion team hooked up with the Minnewaukan American Legion team because neither had enough players to field a squad on their own. The Minnewaukan kids were really little and I think they are some of the ones kneeling or sitting on their haunches in front except for Bud Bengson and Jerry Leier. The coach on the far left is Ralph Laustoune. Ralph, his sister and father lived in the house next to where Grampa Jacob and Gramma Petrinella Leier lived when they lived in Esmond.
Bunker Hill - From Bernard Anderson: As
I remember Bunker Hill; before the 1950’s
Highway 19 ran through Esmond. From the North it ran on the East side of the
school block, past the Lutheran Church, to the corner where John Volk's gas
station was, turned West down Main Street and out of town past the railroad
round house and the baseball diamond. Bunker hill was a large tree covered hill
with several one lane roads in and out. In the early 1950’s Highway 19 was
rerouted North of the school block and West to the intersection with Trappers
Coulee. In the middle 1950’s the highway was routed through Bunker Hill,
destroying over half of the hill and trees and made access way too easy. When
the highway was blacktopped in the early 1960's the curve was made larger, and
we gained a nice sliding hill, but lost the "parking"!
Late 1900's ~ Present Times
Esmond Elevators
Harley's Gas Station