(From the September 6, 1900 edition of the Valley City Times-Record)
John M. Olson and L. A. Bordwell, of this city, are the joint owners of the new town of Litchville on the Casselton extension. The town is in the east half of Section 25, township 137, range 60, and reports indicate that it has a very promising future.
The surrounding country is very level and the soil is excellent. A number of business houses are already assured. Mr. Olson is going to put in a general store and Ben Swanson, of Cass Lake, is building a hotel. A furniture store, a hardware store, two lumber yards and two elevators are among the possibilities in the near future. The price of lots ranges from $50.00 to $100.00. The railroad company has promised to have trains running into the new town by the fifteenth of October.
Source: Barnes County History 1976 Page 331