'Ladies Line' towns founded by railroad celebrating 125th anniversaries

'Ladies Line' towns founded by railroad celebrating 125th anniversaries

FARGO — Three cities in southeastern North Dakota are celebrating their 125th anniversaries this summer with community celebrations, and all three are also named for women. This branch line of the Northern Pacific Railroad has been called the "Ladies Line" or "Old Maid Line" for years, but who were the women memorialized by these small towns? Alice, North Dakota, was founded in 1900 and is named for Alice Carpenter Lewis, the wife of Robert Stee…