Railroading gave the first impetus toward Babcock's settlement. The settlement of Remington, located on the west bank of the Yellow River, was abandoned in favor of this site when the railroad named Babcock a division point. Two lines of the . . . — — Map (db m18287) HM
Gallagher Family Homestead: Scattered throughout the Sandhill property are
remnants of homesteads from pioneer farmers. In the early 1900s drainage ditches were dug to produce cropland out of the surrounding marshes. Killing frosts, poor soils . . . — — Map (db m225048) HM
