Glasston, North Dakota
Glasston is a farming town located in Saint Thomas Township in North Dakota's Pembina County, United States.
Originally called Baltimore,[1] the site was later renamed for Archibald Glass, its first postmaster.
[3] Glasston is located on the west side of North Dakota State Highway 81, approximately midway between Hamilton and Saint Thomas.
They finally settled near Bathgate, North Dakota, the home of Norval Baptie, the famous skater.
In 1880 and 1881 an abundance of settlers arrived in this area, many from St Vincent Minnesota, until all the homesteads were taken.
At this time there were no permanent buildings and the grading crew for the railroad camped on the Glasston site.
In 1883 Mr. Edward Sing established the first US Post office, located halfway between Hamilton and St Thomas, and named it Baltimore.
He constructed a small building and planned on operating the post office with a real estate business.
Glasston was just a flag station on the railroad so if there were no passengers in sight, the train just slowed down for a mail sack exchange.
This daily ritual went on for some time until the railroad built a platform quite some distance south of the original place.
But the train flew by at full speed making it impossible to throw in the sack.
The railroad company finally agreed to pay for having the mail delivered to the platform.
The Methodist preached a fiery sermon on Sunday against card playing – especially against the “Old of Sinch”, which was the popular game at that time.
In 1881 the four MCabe brothers, James, John, George and Milton came to establish a home.
Their sisters, Mary Ann (and husband John McLellan) and Margaret (married George Glass), also joined them.
In 1887 the Great Northern Railway Station was built and Samuel F. Boyer was the first agent.
The school Board Members at this time were: George Dickie, Henry Hartje and Joe Ray.
In later years a popular Presbyterian minister was Reverend Frank Shellcross, who was originally from England.
There were only three weddings in the Glasston Presbyterian Church: Jessie McCabe, Goldie Dickie in 1946, and Grace Ray in 1947.
Many people bought as many as 5,000 shares in this CO-OP, but it didn’t prove successful and they all suffered a loss.
The postmistress was Mrs. Lincoln Armstrong, followed by Sara Carew and finally Miss Mildred Hartje.
In 1973 Glasston has the post office, the Farmer’s Union and the GTA Elevator, which was taken over from the McCabes about 35 years earlier.
