Ghost Town Has Lively Past

This is the old Newark School that was built in 1921. The town, established in 1883, once had three grocery stores, a large hardware store, and a barber shop, as well as other businesses.

Newark Lake was an artesian lake that served as a source of power for a creamery and flour mill in Newark and also provided recreation. The sixth person from left is Lily Besuchet (Glarum), mother of Mrs. Kenneth Marcuson.

Ghost Town Has Lively Past

Wed, 07/17/2019 - 12:00am

Although Newark is now a ghost town, I can remember when it was a good-sized town with a Post Office established June 15, 1883, by John E. Pulver. It had three grocery stores, a large hardware and a barber shop, as well as other businesses. We lived in ND but got ...

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