ND Purple -SECTION 3: BONANZA FARMING

A source of great wealth or a big fortune

• luck

• bonanza

• quarter

Bonanza Farms are • Gigantic _____________- farms that made huge sums of money

• Ranged in size from 3,000 acres to over 75,000 acres

• sunflower

• corn

• soybean

• wheat

George Cass and Benjamin Cheney, another railroad official, established the first bonanza farm in the Red River Valley in 1874. They bought over 13,000 acres of land near ______________ from the Northern Pacific Railroad.

• Wahpeton

• Casselton

• Jamestown

• LaMoure

The buyers of the large tracts of land for bonanza farms were mostly bankers, investors, and businessmen from the _______________ part of the United States. They hired _______________ who in turn hired superintendents and foremen.

• western, managers

• eastern, managers

• southern, managers

The ___________________ Brothers from Pennsylvania created a bonanza farm in 1876. It was made up of divisions located near the cities of ______________ and Hillsboro.

• Dalrymple, Casselton

• Dalrymple, Mayville

• Grandin, Casselton

• Grandin, Mayville

The first telephones in North Dakota were installed at the ________________ Farm.

• Dalrymple

• Dwight

• Grandin

• Miller

The Grandin Farm also had its own ______________ to ship wheat on the Red River to Fargo.

• steamboats

• stagecoaches

• train

The buildings on the _________ Farm, located near Mooreton in Richland County, are being restored, and the site is now a tourist attraction. This is close to Wahpeton.

• Miller

• Grandin

• Bagg

Richard Sykes from England purchased 45,000 acres from the Northern Pacific Railroad in 1881. He established a bonanza farm in Wells County, and the next year another one in ______________ County.

• LaMoure

• Cass

• Dickey

• Stutsman

Since the bonanza farms raised only wheat, all of the food needed for the crews had to be shipped in. Meat, vegetables, eggs, and dairy products were brought by ___________ from St. Paul and other areas.

• steamship

• train

• stagecoach