Cavalier’s history is
mostly unwritten
The public archives hold just one old photo of Cavalier. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Cavalier was laid out in 1875 on open land. The city was named for Charles Cavileer, an early settler in Pembina County (a recording error accounts for the error in spelling, which was never corrected). A post office has been in operation at Cavalier since 1877. Cavalier was incorporated in 1902.
In the early 1970s, the city of Cavalier's population quadrupled in size due to the U.S.' anti-ballistic missile program. This was in preparation of a nuclear attack on the U.S. during the Cold War with the Soviet Union.
Text from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowStart Cavalier’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Cavalier’s history is told.
1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewPembina County Courthouse, c. 1912: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people from Cavalier
See all 7 →Cavalier, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Cavalier is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Cavalier has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Pembina County Courthouse in Cavalier, 4 miles away.
Cavalier 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 Pembina County Courthouse (c. 1912) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (5). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.