by Mike Kopp | Apr 30, 2018 | Uncategorized
Reunion In 2017, the buds were just beginning to show up at the start of Paddlefish snagging season. We headed out to the Fairview Lift Bridge and Sundheim park to join the party. We found people there who return to the same spot every year, like a reunion. ...
by Mike Kopp | Apr 28, 2018 | journal, Mild-mannered Explorers, North Dakota scenery, Places to go
Snakes or monsters? We wandered through the Little Missouri State Park this week. An easy way to start getting in shape for hiking season. However, this time gave our imagination a jump-start, too. You never know what might jump out at you. This time, it wasn’t...
by Mike Kopp | Apr 27, 2018 | journal, Places to go, Road Trip, Small towns, Things To Do
Highway 16 Marmarth Travel at your own risk. At least that what the sign said. You can do it if you take your time and watch the weather. Marmarth was a shipping point for cattle brought overland from range grounds in this State, Montana, and South Dakota. The...
by Mike Kopp | Apr 26, 2018 | journal, North Dakota history, Places to go, Then and now, Things To Do
Hard Labor More than 100 years ago, local farmers and ranchers hired on to dig by hand the Cartwright Tunnel for the Great Northern Railroad. It was part of its Montana Eastern Railway, an unfinished rail line that ran west of here in Montana. Using dynamite to...
by Mike Kopp | Apr 23, 2018 | journal, Mild-mannered Explorers, outdoors, Places to go, Things To Do
Elkhorn Ranch, a refuge for a soon-to-be President How to get to the Elkhorn Ranch Off the beaten path – The Elkhorn Ranch exactly where Teddy Roosevelt wanted to be in 1883 – and so the Elkhorn Ranch became his refuge. He’d just suffered a string of losses,...
