by Mike Kopp | Jan 29, 2018 | Medora, North Dakota, North Dakota history, Places to go
Thanks to the War Between the States North Dakota almost escaped the War Between the States, but following the war, North Dakota benefitted from the lingering conflicts in Texas, Missouri, and Kansas. (North and South Dakota, Montana and Wyoming were barely explored...
by 2wheels2lanes1camera | Jan 26, 2018 | Find Out Friday, North Dakota, Small towns, Watford City
(Editor’s note: Benno Garwood, one of McKenzie County’s millennial movers and shakers penned this story for Beautiful Badlands ND) Why? Hospitality brought me to Watford City. And hospitality has kept me here. I grew up in a small farming community in...
by Mike Kopp | Jan 25, 2018 | journal, Places to go, Things To Do
Back in “the day,” The Nohly/Snowden Bridge We are fascinated with the two lift bridges in the Badlands, one at Fairview/Cartwright, the other near the long-gone towns of Nohly and Snowden. So, while rummaging around in the archives at the MonDak Heritage...
by Mike Kopp | Jan 23, 2018 | North Dakota history, Watford City
Longhorn history at the Theodore Roosevelt National Park They’re a walking, mooing tribute to the way things used to be. A short history of longhorns on the Long X trail goes back to a day when the nation was rebuilding after the War Between the States. You can see...
by Mike Kopp | Jan 12, 2018 | Find Out Friday, journal, Photography
Yes and no. Montana’s Snowden Lift Bridge is still used by trains not autos. Snowden in Montana, Fairview in North Dakota — kissing cousins Like its twin on the Yellowstone River about 14 miles away, the Fairview Lift Bridge, the Snowden Lift Bridge across...
