nine-mile-point

Updated: June 20, 2025

Frank Shefford up at Nine-Mile-Point is going to lend me his team and mower when his hay is put up; and I'll put up hay myself." The boy's eyes glowed, as he announced his brave plans for the future. "Next winter I'm going to keep a stopping-house for freighters. I've got a good location here, and stable room already for eight teams. I'll build to it later.

Hulbert Footner - Two on the Trail: A Story of the Far Northwest