Bowesmont, North Dakota: Difference between revisions

'''Bowesmont''' is an [[Unincorporated area|unincorporated community]] in [[Pembina County, North Dakota|Pembina County]], [[North Dakota]], [[United States]]. Bowesmont is located along a [[BNSF Railroad]] line near [[Interstate 29]], {{convert|8.2|mi|km}} north of [[Drayton, North Dakota|Drayton]].<ref>{{cite map |publisher=[[North Dakota Department of Transportation]] |title=Pembina County |url=http://www.dot.nd.gov/road-map/pdf/counties/pembina_sheet2.pdf |trans_titletrans-title= |language= |format=PDF |edition= |date= |year=2006 |cartography= |scale= |series= |page= |pages= |section= |inset= |accessdate=March 14, 2012 |isbn= |id= |ref= |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061002043106/http://www.dot.nd.gov/road-map/pdf/counties/pembina_sheet2.pdf |deadurl=yes |archivedate=October 2, 2006}}</ref> The community was initially named Alma for [[Alma, Ontario]] in 1878; the name was changed to Bowesmont, for William Bowes, the town's first shopkeeper, six months later.<ref name="gnis"/> According to legend, Bowes won the right to name the town in a card game.<ref>{{cite book|title=North Dakota: A Guide to the Northern Prairie State|year=1938|publisher=[[Works Progress Administration]]|pages=352|author=[[Federal Writers' Project]] workers}}</ref>