Mose, North Dakota

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Mose is a ghost town in Griggs County, in the U.S. state of North Dakota. [1]

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Founded in 1899, Mose is regularly known as "The Town That Blew Away" due to a large derecho[ citation needed ] which occurred on July 14, 1943.

History

A post office was established at Mose in 1904, and was in operation until 1954. [2] Mose had approximately 30 inhabitants in the 1930s. [3] The town was largely destroyed due to a derecho[ citation needed ] that devastated the town, causing most inhabitants to move to other towns in the area.

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The Griggs County Museum contains thousands of pioneer artifacts going back to the 1880s and the days of Bonanza Farmers R.C. and T.J. Cooper after whom Cooperstown was named. The museum also contains the Northern Plains Cold War Interpretive Center which supplements a visit to the Ronald Reagan Minuteman Missile State Historic Site more commonly known as Oscar Zero.

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Mose, North Dakota
  2. ↑ "Griggs County". Jim Forte Postal History. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
  3. ↑ Federal Writers' Project (1938). North Dakota, a Guide to the Northern Prairie State. WPA. p. 311. ISBN   978-1-62376-033-5.

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