Later correspondence definitely indicated the Hawley site. Wright, may have referred to the location north of Lake Park.
His reference to Buffalo, in an Apmessage to company land agent, Geoge B. His original plan was to found a large city west of Detroit Lakes, and among the candidates for this honor was the site of Hawley. A running account of Hawley's name changes during this period of 1872 is gained through the correspondence of Canfield. There are Bethels in both Maine and Connecticut, the latter is located some 50 miles north of New York City where Canfield had his LS & PS Company headquarters and Bethel in Maine is located some 175 miles directly east of Burlington, Vermont, the home town of Canfield. The reference to New Bethel results in a seach for an old Bethel. Hawley's first permanent citizen, Dan O'Donnell, said Hawley was called Bethel when he first arrived here. It was also called Bethel or New Bethel without any explanation given. Canfield had planned to dub it, Buffalo, but those plans faild. Hawley was subjected to a lot of name calling and changing during the first months of 1872. The final line survey went south of this point, however, and Hawley then became known as the first crossing of the Buffalo in correspondence, while Muskoda at the west end of Hawley Township was designated the second crossing of the Buffalo. Northern Pacific ran several preliminary lines through the area, and among the early ones, the north of Lake Park site was the first point where the rail survey touched the Buffalo River. The appelation, first crossing of the Buffalo, also is confusing because in early correspondence, this first crossing was north of Lake Park. Canfield referred to Hawley in correspondence as Reno's Camp, Buffalo Crossing and first crossing of the Buffalo. Buffalo Crossing and first crossing of the Buffalo was another name for Hawley during this period. The camp existed in August 1871, and was described earlier as a boisterous tent town by the junketing journalists from the East Coast. Major Reno's campsite was located on NP maps on the west side of the Buffalo River at the bend where the river changes abrupt course from west to south. The west end of Reno Street stops at the school grounds where it forms a "T" intersection when it reaches Seventh Street, a north-south street. There is a Reno Street in Hawley, running east and west through the north side of the residential section. Reno's name was retained at Hawley in one minor fashion. Reno, a relative of the Major Reno with Custer, for a short time had a town at the east end of the line named after him, but this name was changed by Thomas Hawley Canfield, who was in charge of selecting names of the stations along the railroad line. Major Reno, after whom the camp was named, was in charge of a Northern Pacific engineering crew running line ahead of the railroad construction gangs. In 1871, however, there were no permanent residents in Reno's Camp to urge retention of this distinct name. It is not only unique, but it also brings to mind the glamour city of Reno, NV., or the Major Reno of the Battle of the Little Bighorn River. A name such as Reno's Camp is not likely to be forgotten. Reno's Camp is certainly a distinct name, and for publicity purposes the name would have had more value today than the others. Hawley's first two names, Reno's Camp and Buffalo Crossing, have an adventurous ring.
Churchill's Camp could have been substituted for Reno's camp if the railroad's original location for Hawley had materialized west of present Winnipeg Jucintion, but squatters grabbed this site and forced the railroad to take the next best spot at the crossing of the Buffalo. The names are Reno's Camp, Buffalo Crossing, Muskoday, Bethel or New Bethel, Hawley, Yeovil or New Yeovil, and Hawley. Northern Pacific Railroad and Lake Superior and Puget Sound Company were responsible for five of the names, and the Yeovil Colony for the other. The name, Hawley, became permanent the second time and has remained Hawley since 1874. Hawley has had six name changes since 1871, and was called Hawley twice. Hawley: The Perfect Commuting Community.Just Seven Questions With: Three Fingers Pub at Hawley Lanes.Featured Business Success Story: RAPAT Corporation.Hawley Golf Course: An Interesting History.History of the Hawley Public Utilities Commission.2014- 2015 Buffalo River Stream Restoration Project.
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