This is a community founded in 1954 in Sec. 14-149-94, thirty miles ESE of Watford City, as the Western Sub-Agency for the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, and was intended to be a home for those people displaced by the rising backwaters of the Garrison Dam.  The name was suggested by Father Reinhard Kauffman,  a longtime Roman Catholic missionary on the reservation, using parts of the names of the three affiliated tribes here--MANdan, HIDatsa, and REE, or Arikara.  The post office was established May 20, 1955 with Mrs. Beatrice E. Balliet as acting pm.  Her appointment became official July 1, 1955.  The Zip Code is 58757, and a population of 115 was reported in 1960.


This was a farm post office established August 16,1906 with William E. Crist pm, who named the post office for his wife.  The name Mary commemorates the Virgin Mary, and during the Middle Ages it was translated as the star of the sea, although it traces to the Hebrew name Mara, meaning bitter.  It was located in SW 1/1 Sec. 25-147-99 in Rhodes Twp., nine miles north of Grassy Butte, moved to Sec. 34-147-99 in 1914, and SE 1/4 Sec. 33-147-99 before closing January 26, 1932 with mail to Grassy Butte.


Christofer J. Graue, a native of IA, became pm of the Sanford post office on March 9, 1910, moving that facilty to his home in SE 1/4 Sec. 35-153-94, River View Twp., twenty-eigth miles NE of Watford City.  Because of the confusion with Lansford, he changed the name to Maynard on August 25, 1910 to honor his son who farmed two miles to the NW in NW 1/4 Sec. 22-153-94.  Maynard Graue had been named for the family's ancestral home of Maynard, MA, which was named for Amory Maynard (1804- 1890), a prominent textile manufacturer.  Maynard is a Teutonic name meaning mighty brave.  The post office closed March 31, 1913 with mail to Charlson.


Thsi place appears only on a 1930 roadmap published by the General Drafting Co., on old ND Highway 16, about fifteen miles SSW of Alexander.  Like other similiar places on this map, it borrows its name from its county, and is a copyright town.

This was a rural PO established March 10, 1910 with Earl G Rose pm. It was located in NE 1/4 Sec. 28-149-102 Moline Twp, 11 miles SW of Alexander, and named by Mrs Rose for her uncle, John Moline, who lived in Sweden. The post office closed Nov 15, 1919 with mail to Alexander.