William Avery Rockefeller, father of John D. Rockefeller, the late oil magnate, lived on a Park River farm for some time. In 1881 an elderly man who gave his name as Dr. William Levingston homesteaded on a quarter section of land just E. of the town, where he lived each summer for 15 years. He later purchased an adjoining quarter, but the deed to this land was in the name of Pierson W. Briggs, a son-in-law of William Rockefeller and then purchasing agent for the Standard Oil Company. In 1895 George W. Towle, former Park River banker, who transacted much of Dr. Levingston's business, saw a picture of the senior Rockefeller in a copy of _McClure's Magazine_, and recognized it as that of his former client, Levingston. William A. Rockefeller was not a doctor, but sold patent medicines and acted as a cancer specialist. MINTO, =63 m.= (826 alt., 565 pop.), originally settled by Canadians and named for an Ontario town, is now a Czech and Polish settlement. The Feast of St. Wenslaus, September 28, and Czechoslovakian Independence Day, October 28, are occasions of festivity. Minto is situated on the FOREST RIVER. There is a park by the stream S. of the town (_swimming pool, recreational area, and campgrounds._) ARDOCH, =69 m.= (830 alt., 110 pop.), also named for an Ontario town, is now predominantly Polish. LAKE ARDOCH, a large artificial lake constructed as a water conservation and migratory waterfowl project, adjoins the town on the E. At =80.5 m.= is the second junction with ND 44 (_see above_). MANVEL, =81.5 m.= (826 alt., 183 pop.), is named for Gen. A. A. Manvel of the G. N. Ry. Originally known as the Turtle River station, it was one of six stops on the Fort Abercrombie-Fort Garry trail in the 1860's. The stage station was a crude log hut, roofed first with prairie sod and later with a thatch of weeds when the rain washed the sod away. The hut had one window and one door. Cooking was done on a fireplace made of clay dobes or hand-made bricks. For meals, served on an improvised table, the traveler paid 50 cents, and for the same price he had the privilege of sleeping on the dirt floor. These stations were comfortable, however, in the coldest weather, with great fires roaring in the fireplaces to warm and cheer the traveler. At =92.5 m.= is the junction with a graveled road. Left on this road to the GRAND FORKS SILVER FOX FARM, =2 m.= (_visitors allowed Jan. 1-June 1; arrange with manager_). About 200 pair of foxes are kept at the farm each winter.