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Grafton State Home plans were drawn up circa 1904, 40 acres were obtained for a state Penitentiary but the site was used for the Institution for the Feeble Minded at Grafton, Walsh County North Dakota. (Euphemism to institute any social deviants of the time*) Building started 1910 and continued through 1978. In 1910 Hospital Erected, 1912 North Ward, followed by Garden House, Refectory, Dormito...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Walsh County, North Dakota. Official Website The Dakota Territory legislature created the county on May 2, 1881. It was named for George H. Walsh (1845–1913), a newspaperman and politician in Grand Forks. Adjacent Counties Pembina County Marshall County, Minnesota Kittson County, Minnesota Grand Forks County Nelson Count...