by Mike Kopp | Jan 18, 2020 | Culture, Grassy Butte, History, McKenzie County, North Dakota history, Places to go, Road Trip, Things To Do
A quick detour for an amazing history lesson It’s easy to drive by one of the region’s historic markers. It’s the Grassy Butte Post office. I’ll tell you why you’re missing an engaging piece of regional history. About 1900, people...
by Mike Kopp | Jan 16, 2020 | Culture, Hike, History, North Dakota history, Theodore Roosevelt National Park
True? Who knows? The mystery of the rock faces is gleaned from bits of scattered morsels, scraps and samples of details. Seasoned with imagination and conjecture, it becomes a tasty story to chew on over a campfire. Back in the days of the trappers As far as I can...
by Mike Kopp | Dec 31, 2019 | Agriculture, Billings County, Cowboys, family, North Dakota Badlands, Quality of Life
Let me tell you a story about how we joined cowboys on a cattle drive A surprising find can reward you when you get off the beaten path. You know what it feels like to have a bug urging you to step away from the crowd to see what else is just around the next bend?...
by Mike Kopp | Dec 6, 2019 | History, Medora, North Dakota history, Photography, Things To Do
Late Day Exploration of Custer Trail at Medora Work wrapped up about an 90 minutes before sunset. We figured that gave us enough time to take a roundabout road trip on the Custer Trail. Maybe even Initial Rock? Day light was disappearing under a bank of clouds. ...
by Mike Kopp | Dec 2, 2019 | Art, History, Medora, North Dakota history, Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Like an old west story, well-told? Imagine shelves of old west stories, each one about western North Dakota, the Badlands, and Medora. Some are fiction, some academic, some illuminating. And that’s the way it should be. This region of the U.S. holds more...
