by Mary Tastad | Oct 30, 2022 | ghosts, Montana, North Dakota, Snowden Bridge
Is Mondak haunted? That spooky feeling you get between the Snowden bridge and the Mondak town site may be from this double murder and lynching. It’s a two-part story gleaned from a stack of old newspaper accounts. JC takes his troubles north JC had been in...
by Mary Tastad | Oct 23, 2022 | ghosts, North Dakota history, Small towns
Haunted Spooky Wheelock If you have a heightened sense of paranormal activity, you may be rewarded by exploring the haunted Ray/Wheelock region. There’s something about an area of the wild west that can claim two mass murders of families in one area, a jilted lover...
by Mary Tastad | Jan 31, 2021 | ghosts, McKenzie County, MHA Nation, North Dakota Badlands, North Dakota history, outdoors, Photography, Places to go, Snowden Bridge
Planning your 2021 vacations and weekend explorations? You’re in good company. More than half of all American families say they are now planning their year’s excursions. They hope 2021 will be better than 2020. A good place to start is with these items such as...
by Mary Tastad | 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 Mary Tastad | 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...
