McVille North Dakota

The country surrounding McVille was settled in the early 1880's.  In 1906 McVille was relocated to it's present location with the coming of the Great Northern Railway.  McVille rates among the oldest settled sections of ND outside of the Red River Valley.

Mayors   Owen Lee 1946-1966 Marvin Hildre 1966-1974 Victor Reiten 1974-1990 Orvin Hanson 1990-1994 Duane Bina 1994-1998 Cindy Bjornstad 1998-2006 Robert Stanley 2006-present     Auditors   George Nelson 1946-1956 Vardon Quanbeck 1956-1972 Darrell Moon 1972-1988 Renae Arneson 1988-present

McVille 1 year after moving to it's new location. Many new homes and businesses were built	An early postcard from McVille	1910 East Side of Main Street
Olsgard St. looking South in 1910	McVille School in 1910 (Dedicated Nov. 12, 1908)	Methodist Church in 1910
Main Street in 1910	McVille Band plays for 4th of July celebration in 1907	A day's hunt in McVille
Looking south from on top of old school house viewing down Main Street	McVille School in 1910 (Dedicated Nov. 12, 1908)	Opera House in 1910
Cake Walk for Great Magestic Stove 1915 in front of Drug Store	Iver, Kermit and Elmer Pederson in 1932.  Elmer paid $12.50 Cash for this Model T in 1929!	Great Northern Railroad Bridge #8 May 1906
McVille Baseball Team June 30 , 1913. Individuals identified  are OU Tyler, scorekeeper, third from left and Arthur Osmon, player, standing 5th from left in back row	The last flyer from  the Hollywood Theatre	NN Brakke's Residence and School House 1910
McVille Band	McVille  in the early 1980s Click for large 230K image. (May take time to load)	Old Journal Office that was located east of the Grocery Store on McDougall Avenue

Old State Bank of McVille which was located on the NW corner of Main St & McDougall Ave	1952-53 McVille Basketball Team District Champs L-R Coach Marvin Bronken, Terry Hanson, Richard Aurlund, Kenneth Shobe, Rodney Casad, John Tingelstad, Charles Loe, David Menge, Dennis Saunders, Norman Hanson, and Roger Lee	Old Hospital that part of still exists on Main Street
Farmers Coop Elevator Co		McVille Depot Before Make-Over
Lutheran Church of McVille	Anderson's Market	McVille Depot After Make-Over
McVille City Park (1938)	McVille License Plate	Shot taken by Ward Arneson in 1947