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My North Dakota Diary
Divide County
'Divide County is loctaed in the northwest corner of the state, with Canada and Montana on the north
and west. It was formerly part of Williams County but was organized as a county immediately after the
general election of 1910. A long row of hills runs through the county from the northwest to the
southeast forming a watershed, dividing the territory drained by the Mouse River, from that drained by
the Missouri river. The name, "Divide" is very appropriate. The principal industries of the county are
farming, dairying, stockraising and mining. Nearly the whole county is underlaid with lignite coal of
superior quality; the mines operated on a large scale are near Noonan, in the east central part. Crosby
is the county seat.' Source: North Dakota Blue Book -- 1942