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Ranching

Donald Stevenson
2007 Hall of Fame Ranching Inductee
Pre-1940's

Donald Stevenson of Emmons, Morton County and Bismarck emigrated from Scotland to America with his parents in 1842. After a stint of herding cattle in Texas, he established a ranch in Emmons County, Dakota Territory, in 1872, and managed to hang on through the difficult winter of 1886-1887. The Stevenson Post Office was established at his ranch. He ran a freight business between Bismarck and Camp Meade and was also an Army contractor. Stevenson relocated to Morton County where the Deadwood Stage Road crossed the Cannonball River in 1887 and ranched until 1906. He was elected twice to the state legislature and was active in his local community affairs. He is buried in the Union Cemetery at Mandan.