Williston Coyote Foundation Board of Directors clock, N.D.

A view of the Williston Coyote Foundation Board of Directors clock awarded to Shemorry, N.D.
Film negatives
35mm film
"Williston Band Festival - May 1998 Chuck-Gay-David Petroleum Club Coyote Foundation Stavauger Lay Officials Moe Plaque Church & Bart Stars Packers Book Gandreau airplane & misc family pix Rauum's ferry Shriners in cars Christian Motorcycle New Fire Truck Club 1919 Fire Truck Odd Fellows Float Al Grove Coyote Marching Band Drum & Bugle Corps Chief of Polies Weatz on motorcycle"--Handwritten on envelope containing negatives
Title created by staff.
William E. "Bill" Shemorry was a native of Williston, N.D. who began work in the newspaper industry as a newsboy selling the Williston Herald and the Williams County Farmers Press. In 1953, he started to publish the Williston Plains Reporter, which he operated for 25 years before selling to the Williston Herald. Shemorry then began to concentrate on his own writing and photography. In addition to writing many books on the history of Williams County, he also collected photographs of early North Dakota photographers. Shemorry was an active member of the Williston Fire Department, was Civil Defense Chief of Williams County for three years in the 1950's, and was a combat photographer in World War II. Shemorry's photograph of the discovery of oil in North Dakota on April 4, 1951 at the Clarence Iverson No. 1 is one of the most famous oil photographs ever taken, and was published in many national publications.