by Mike Kopp | Oct 31, 2020 | ghosts, History, Marmarth, North Dakota history, Places to go, Small towns
Spooky Bad They are called the spooky bad lands for a reason. Long before settlers moved across the region, indigenous people considered the land to be bad. They thought it could be very spooky. Murders and untimely deaths mark the history of the region. Those...
by Mike Kopp | Oct 24, 2020 | Cowboys, ghosts, History, Marmarth, North Dakota history, Slope County
Thanks to the railroad, the years leading up to 1920 were some deadly years in Marmarth – especially between 1900 and 1920 with at least one shocking murder in town. It seems trouble followed the rail line in to town to mix it up with miners, cowboys and railroad...