The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Glen Ullin was founded in 1883 along the transcontinental route of the Northern Pacific Railway. The name was created by Major Alvan E. Bovay, a Northern Pacific land agent at the time. Glen, the Scottish Gaelic word for "valley," was chosen because of the city's location within a valley, while Ullin was taken from the Thomas Campbell poem Lord Ullin's Daughter. Glen Ullin was originally built up chiefly by Germans from Russia.
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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Glen Ullin’s history is told.
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2000
Nothing in Glen Ullin is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Glen Ullin has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is German Evangelical St. Johns Church-Deutsche Evangelische St. Johannes Kirche in Hebron, 11.9 miles away.
Glen Ullin and the nearest listed places
Closest to Glen Ullin
German Evangelical St. Johns Church-Deutsche Evangelische St. Johannes KircheHebron · Building11.9miLouis Rehm BarnHebron · Building13.5miHope Lutheran ChurchLeipzig · Building21.6miNeuburg Congregational ChurchOdessa · Building21.8miEvangelisch Lutheraner Dreieinigkeit GemeindeLeipzig · Building22.2miHow a place gets listed
Then & now
When neighbors add old photos, retakes from the same spot appear here side by side.
Stories next door
nearby towns’ historyFrom Wikimedia Commons (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.