Kathryn Depot

Kathryn Depot. . , Pioneers first settled in the area that later became Kathryn, North Dakota as early as 1876. As the Northern Pacific Railroad constructed the Casselton-Marion spur line, a man named John Runck joined a civil engineer to plat land he purchased from Frank Lynch of Casselton in 1900. This site became Kathryn, named after Northern Pacific Railroad President Charles S. Mellen's daughter. Other towns located along the spur line were also named after women, such as Elizabeth, Alice, and Marion, and the branch became known as the "Ladies Line.", John Runck had a carload of lumber delivered to Kathryn, and a carpenter crew erected the first mercantile building, Runck Brothers General Store, and the town's depot. The depot operated from early 1900 until the mid-1960s and moved to Bonanzaville soon after. Today, the Kathryn Depot houses a miniature model train and town constructed and managed by the Spud Valley Model Railroad Club., Captions , 1909 Cram's Standard American Railway System Atlas of the World shows the "Ladies Line.", Kathryn Depot, August 1, 1968. , Photo by Charles W. Bohl , Courtesy of the Northem Pacific Railroad Association