The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Grandin was named for Bonanza farmer John Livingston Grandin. Grandin, a native of Tidioute, Pennsylvania, along with his brother William James, purchased 99 sections of land in the Red River Valley, dividing them in 1,500 acre farms. The brothers had 14,000 acres under cultivation near Grandin, with another 600 acres near Mayville, North Dakota. Prior to the arrival of the railroad the brothers shipped wheat from their farm by barge on the Red River to Fargo, 90 miles downstream. The barges were towed by the steamers Alsop and Grandin. The Grandin brothers' bonanza farm was one of the earliest adopters of the telephone in the state. JL Grandin's great-granddaughter is Temple Grandin, an animal scientist, author and autism advocate.
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Start Grandin’s collection
The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Grandin’s history is told.
0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Grandin, decade by decade
2000
Nothing in Grandin is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Grandin has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Amos and Lillie Plummer House in Hillsboro, 11.9 miles away.
Grandin and the nearest listed places
How 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.