Like many names for towns picked by the railroads, a spin of the globe determined this town’s name. Glasgow was named after Glasgow, Scotland. It began as a railroad town on the tracks of the Great Northern Railway in 1887. Its original name was Siding 45. It was the 45th siding west of Minot, North Dakota.
It remained a sleepy little livestock and grain town until 1933 when construction of the Fort Peck dam began 18 miles southeast. While many of the construction workers lived in the boom towns surrounding the lake, many stayed in Glasgow.
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Big Open 2 640x425
Big Open 2 640x425
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Big Open 3 640x425
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Big Open 640x425
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Fort Peck Theatre 640x425
Fort Peck Theatre 640x425
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Fort Union 11 640x425
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Four Buttes 640x425
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Peerless Beer Sign
Peerless Beer Sign
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Pioneer Town Scobey 1 640x425
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Pioneer Town Scobey 2 640x425
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Pioneer Town Scobey 4 640x425
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Pioneer Town Scobey 5 640x425
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Pioneer Town Scobey 7 640x425
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Pioneer Town Scobey 8 640x425
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Plentywood Gulches 1 640x425
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Plentywood Gulches 3 640x425
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Plentywood Gulches 4 640x425
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Powerhouse Museum Ft
Powerhouse Museum Ft
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Sugar Beet Fairview
Sugar Beet Fairview