DUNCAN GRAHAM (1772-1847)
                                            War Hero for the British, Early Settler, & Peacemaker

One of the early pioneers in what is now North Dakota won a battle against a national war hero who later became President of the United States. With a force of 30 soldiers, one piece of artillery, and about 1,000 Native-Americans, Duncan Graham defeated the Americans under the command of Major Zachary Taylor at the Battle of Credit Island on September 5, 1814. Soon after the Treaty of Ghent was signed, ending the war in 1814, Graham established a trading post on Devils Lake.