A history of Ambrose,
since 1906
Postcards, papers and photographs of Ambrose from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Ambrose was laid out in 1906 on the Soo Railway. The city was named in honor of a railroad worker. A post office has been in operation at Ambrose since 1906.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Ambrose’s story
Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.
2 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewCounty Division Convention - Ambr…, 1910: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Ambrose, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Ambrose is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Ambrose has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Divide County Courthouse in Crosby, 11.4 miles away.
Ambrose and the nearest listed places
How a place gets listed
Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as County Division Convention - Ambrose, N.D., March 18th, 1910 (1910) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (1) and the Library of Congress (5). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.