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History · Kramer

Kramer’s history is
mostly unwritten

The public archives hold only 6 old photos of Kramer. The rest are in attics, shoeboxes and the historical society. Help start the collection.

1905established
6old images & papers
6need a date
From Kramer’s archive · credits on each photo

The story so far

from Wikipedia & the U.S. Census

Kramer is a city in Bottineau County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 24 at the 2020 census. Kramer was founded in 1905.

Kramer was established in 1905. Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses its population fell from 29 to 24 (-17%). Half of its homes were built before 1964.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a history of Kramer yet — the old photos, dates and memories neighbors add here are how it gets written.

Intro from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Population and housing: U.S. Census Bureau.

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The first neighbors to add old photos shape how Kramer’s history is told.

0 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🗓️Date a photo6 archive items have no date+2 🔁Retake an old viewJ. Clark Salyer National Wildlife…: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10

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Tom RappTom RappBottineau · 15 miRonald PaulsonRonald PaulsonBottineau · 15 miDKDuane KluehBottineau · 15 miGDGary DahlBottineau · 15 miRed BastienRed BastienBottineau · 15 miRyan KraftRyan KraftBottineau · 15 mi
By decade

Kramer, decade by decade

Before
2000
No old photos in the archives yetWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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Date
unknown6 items
J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge, Dam 357, Along Lower Souris RiverLOCDate?J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge, Dam 357, Along Lo…J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge Dams, Along Lower Souris RiverLOCDate?J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge Dams, Along Lower …J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge, Dam 326, Along Lower Souris RiverLOCDate?J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge, Dam 326, Along Lo…J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge, Dam 341, Along Lower Souris RiverLOCDate?J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge, Dam 341, Along Lo…J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge, Dam 320, Along Lower Souris RiverLOCDate?J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge, Dam 320, Along Lo…J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge, Dam 332, Along Lower Souris RiverLOCDate?J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge, Dam 332, Along Lo…
National Register of Historic Places

Nothing in Kramer is on the National Register yet

That’s true of most small towns. It doesn’t mean Kramer has no history, only that no one has written up a nomination. The closest listed place is Lower Souris National Wildlife Refuge Airplane Hangar in Meadow, 5.4 miles away.

Kramer and the nearest listed places

Dashed line = Kramer. Tap a dot.
Lower Souris National Wildlife Refuge Airplane HangarOle Crogen Farm DistrictMain, North Dakota School of Forestry, OldSwedish Zion Lutheran ChurchElliott Bridge

Closest to Kramer

Lower Souris National Wildlife Refuge Airplane HangarMeadow · Structure5.4miOle Crogen Farm DistrictPickering · District15.6miMain, North Dakota School of Forestry, OldBottineau · Building15.7miSwedish Zion Lutheran ChurchHaram · Building20.9miElliott BridgeTowner · Structure24.2mi

How a place gets listed

1Talk to the stateEvery nomination goes through the State Historic Preservation Office. Owners, towns and historical societies can start one.
2Try a local or state list firstMany states keep their own register with a shorter form, a common first step for old barns, halls and schoolhouses.
3Write it upA nomination covers the history, photos and a map. Lower Souris National Wildlife Refuge Airplane Hangar’s page links to a real one.
Know an old place in Kramer?A mill, a schoolhouse, a cellar hole, a church: add a photo of it to Kramer’s story, or a memory of it.
📷 Add a photo of an old place
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places · photos from Wikimedia Commons

Then & now

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as J. Clark Salyer National Wildlife Refuge, Dam 357, Along Lower Souris River and it appears here side by side.

🔁 Retake this view · +15

Stories next door

nearby towns’ history
📜 Stone Creek📜 Elysian📜 Starbuck📜 Meadow

From the Library of Congress (6). Images are copied here with their credits and licenses, shown on each photo’s page. Refreshed monthly.

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