by Mike Kopp | Sep 6, 2022 | Cowboys, Culture, Fair, North Dakota, Photoblog, Slope County, Things To Do
Show, not just tell. (A startling image above, isn’t it. Innocent clean little blonde and those dirty pigs. Both drinking water.) We sure did not expect anything this vibrant and entertaining when we decided to head to Amidon, North Dakota. So, this Slope...
by Mary Tastad | Dec 18, 2020 | Billings County, Bowman County, Christmas, Culture, Dickinson, Dunn County, family, Golden Valley County, McKenzie County, Montana, North Dakota, North Dakota agriculture, Photoblog, Sidney, Slope County, Twin Buttes, Watford City, Williams County, Williston
Christmas Spirit Prevails! There is no lack of Christmas Spirit in the Beautiful Badlands and Grasslands regions of western North Dakota and eastern Montana. Despite a challenging 2020, a strong Christmas Spirit prevails! Best Christmas Lights Drives in...
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...
by Mary Tastad | Mar 8, 2020 | Billings County, Dunn County, flowers, Golden Valley County, Inspiration, McKenzie County, North Dakota, North Dakota scenery, Photoblog, Slope County, Williams County
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...
by Mary Tastad | Apr 14, 2019 | Billings County, Bowman County, flowers, Golden Valley County, Hike, McKenzie County, North Dakota scenery, outdoors, Places to go, Road Trip, Slope County, Theodore Roosevelt National Park, Watford City
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...
