Some of you may remember the 'Driftwood' north of Williston, a combination curio shop and campground started by Roy and Orpha Hagen sometime around the early 1970's. This postcard shows them standing out in front on a pleasant summer day. In the far right, the corner of the trailer they lived in appears. The main building was from a lumberyard in Williston that was moved out to this location. Sometime later they added onto the west side. As I recall, the tower had 88 wheels that dad collected from various people in the Alamo to Williston area. Much of the rest of material came from a grain bin we tore down on the east side of Alamo except for the four wood poles that were erected by the local electric coop. Although I think they got kind of tired of having to be there all the time when it was open, they also met many people and valued that experience greatly.
Saturday, May 19, 2007
Driftwood
Some of you may remember the 'Driftwood' north of Williston, a combination curio shop and campground started by Roy and Orpha Hagen sometime around the early 1970's. This postcard shows them standing out in front on a pleasant summer day. In the far right, the corner of the trailer they lived in appears. The main building was from a lumberyard in Williston that was moved out to this location. Sometime later they added onto the west side. As I recall, the tower had 88 wheels that dad collected from various people in the Alamo to Williston area. Much of the rest of material came from a grain bin we tore down on the east side of Alamo except for the four wood poles that were erected by the local electric coop. Although I think they got kind of tired of having to be there all the time when it was open, they also met many people and valued that experience greatly.
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Hi Dave! It sure is nice to see a picture of the Driftwood! Wasn't there stairs going to the top of the tower? It seems like I remember going to the top, maybe I am wrong. With the Lewis and Clark tourists these days I bet that place would have been doing pretty well if it was still there.
Summer is starting this week for my kids. Now it will be running around for baseball/softball! Mom told me the oil rig (I posted a picture awhile back) came down the other day. I haven't seen it yet but she is describing another smaller tower, I suppose a workover rig. I'm not sure if that means they struck oil there or not. The new rig is a few miles north of the farm now. So there is definitely activity at our back door! Take care!
There was indeed a stairway to the top where 1000's of people viewed the scenic upper end of Lake Sakakawea at about the point where the Missouri River flows into it (as it says on the back of the card). I'm sure liability issues would prevent such a thing these days.
Yes, I visited the Driftwood place many a time. I think Roy and Orpha had a lot of fun collecting the stuff they sold there. Didn't they do some traveling where they picked up antiques or other things to sell. Andrea
We have the Driftwood sign in the rafters of our garage for anyone that would like to have it for memorabilia. Arne found it in the building that Gary Lindsey tore down before building his shop. The picture of the wagon wheel tower and shop is a good one. Was the tepee something temporary? Not sure I remember that.
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