Then and now

Itinerary — Walk an Afternoon Historic Tunnel and Lift Bridge Trip

People return often to walk this historic tunnel and lift bridge. Preparation Pack up your walking shoes, camera, flashlight, and…

2 years ago

5 Road Trips with Unusual Buildings and Structures to Ignite Your Imagination

Fairview Liftbridge Cartwright Tunnel Grassy Butte Post Office Peaceful Valley Ranch Marmarth Opera House Let me tell ya about 5…

2 years ago

Cowboy Bill Chaloner crossed the mud to start the 4-lane Long X bridge

By today's standards, Chaloner might be considered a man's man. He was a robust and rowdy cowboy, lawman, bar room…

4 years ago

Old and new views of this vintage liftbridge –Then and Now

The twin lift bridges at Fairview and Mondak attract a lot of interest -- and always have.  They are unique…

5 years ago

The Swinging Door

Graduation Tonight, I sat at the local preschool graduation ceremony watching all my special little friends recite their poems and…

6 years ago

Almost burned down, fire and progress changed Killdeer Main Street

Killdeer Main Street grew, and burned up, then grew again.

6 years ago

See how it rots, an Elegant rail car at Blaisdell — Then and Now

Editor's note about the Great Northern Rail car: Several years ago, we investigated a site along Highway 2, west of…

6 years ago

Then and Now — Cartwright Tunnel grew from the top down

Hard Labor More than 100 years ago, local farmers and ranchers hired on to dig by hand the Cartwright Tunnel…

6 years ago

Then and now — River Bend Overlook at the North Unit of TRNP

River Bend Overlook, Theodore Roosevelt National Park Looking forward to getting back to the Oxbow Overlook at the North Unit…

6 years ago

Watford City Then and Now

Then Things change. And that's as true as true in Watford City.  When the Northern Pacific plotted the new town…

6 years ago