A history of Halliday,
since 1914
Postcards, papers and photographs of Halliday from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.
The story
from WikipediaRead it all ↗Halliday was originally two miles farther north. It moved in 1914 to be near the new Mandan to Killdeer railroad line. In 1900, the first post office was located on William Halliday's place.
Two events drastically altered the economic life of the city for the worst; the first was the Great Depression of 1929, and the second was the abandonment of the rail line from Zap to Killdeer. Unlike other locals communities, such as the nearby city of Werner, the city persisted and continued to function despite the economic setback due to its strategic location.
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Timeline
built from the dates on the items belowFinish Halliday’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 viewAutomobile meets near, 1933: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10Famous people close to Halliday
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Halliday, decade by decade
1990s
Nothing in Halliday is on the National Register yet
That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Halliday has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Independence Congregational Church in Liberty, 23.7 miles away.
Halliday and the nearest listed places
Closest to Halliday
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Then & now
No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Automobile meets near (1933) and it appears here side by side.
🔁 Retake this view · +15Stories 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.