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 there Off the beaten path – it’s 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, including the deaths of his wife...
by Mike Kopp | Apr 20, 2018 | journal, Mild-mannered Explorers, North Dakota scenery, Places to go, Road Trip, Small towns
Highway 16 Gravel and Hairpin Backroads Down to the River Do ya like gravel roads? How about gravel roads that can turn to mud? Do you avoid them? How about spring floods? The very thing that most people avoid is the same thing that attracted us to Highway 16. Dirt...
by Mike Kopp | Apr 19, 2018 | North Dakota history, North Dakota scenery, Places to go, Then and now
River Bend Overlook, Theodore Roosevelt National Park Looking forward to getting back to the Oxbow Overlook at the North Unit of the Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Goal: Exactly line up a shot as it was taken when the Civilian Conservation Corps built the famous...
by Fred McVaugh | Apr 17, 2018 | journal, North Dakota history, outdoors, Places to go, Things To Do
Audubon Brought Science to Fort Union, the Nation by Fred MacVaugh Scientific study and Fort Union fur trade — they’re two subjects not readily associated in people’s minds. But unbeknownst to most, Fort Union fur trade contributed to science decades before Theodore...
by Mike Kopp | Apr 13, 2018 | Places to go, Things To Do
They say you can make a lifelong memory on just a tank of gas. That’s true out here in the North Dakota Badlands. If you’re getting antsy to get out of the winter captivation, here are some ideas for you to start your plans for escape. The best part is,...
