Brilliant Summer Colors in Western North Dakota Brilliant summer colors took us by surprise when we adventured through western North Dakota. Our goal was to find General Custer’s Snow Camp. There he and his troops were caught by surprise when a frigid...
Color in the Badlands of North Dakota The term badlands conjures up a mental image of desolation to some people. Let’s face it. Those badlands are called badlands for a reason! While there can be dry, parched vistas in the badlands areas of western...
A Memorial to Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt National Park has been in the works since shortly after Theodore Roosevelt’s death in 1919. The state of North Dakota set aside land for such a memorial in 1924 and by the...
Pasqueflowers! It’s Spring! Pasque Flowers, part of the buttercup family, are the first plant to bloom on the prairie. A true herald of spring in the badlands and grasslands of western North Dakota and eastern Montana (and South Dakota!) is the emergence of...
