On this date in 1906, the Hope Pioneer noted that two new North Dakota towns were on the rise. According to the newspaper, both McVille and Tolna promised to be booming in short order. Both were in Nelson County on a new extension of the Great Northern Railroad. Demand for land in and near the towns was high. The Northern Town and Land Company sold almost one hundred lots in one day. The newspaper was quite sure that the towns would take off so quickly that it would seem that they had sprung up