by Mike Kopp | Apr 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
Pasqueflowers! It’s Spring! Pasque Flowers, part of the buttercup family, is 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...
by Mike Kopp | Apr 4, 2019 | Uncategorized
Mondak a Wet/Dry town on the border April 4 marks date of a horrific incident in the long-gone town of Mondak. (Follow the links to get all the gruesome details.) It’s the date when two local peace officers were shot and the killer was lynched — 95 years...
by Mike Kopp | Mar 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
It’s not exactly a school photo, but it is a friendly photo. Yes, we photographed that bison after it face down in the snow — and for good reason — to eat. It wasn’t until the end of winter they got a snow face like this. The winter started...
by Mike Kopp | Jan 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
Privacy Policy Hey there! Glad you stopped by to check out our stories and photos of an incredible region of North America, Beautiful Badlands ND. Let’s go!…but first, here’s the legal stuff some Gov’mints across the big pond in Europe say we need to tell you. ...
by Mike Kopp | Dec 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
The Christmas Gospel. Good News! It’s lonely and quiet tending livestock out here Imagine doing your job, tending livestock. Ranchers do it for endless days and nights. It’s quiet. A few coyotes. A wind song. Mostly quiet. Then out of nowhere! A bright...
by Mike Kopp | Dec 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
A barn for the royal babe Where did the Texas cowboys sleep on the cattle drives to the Badlands? Where did ranchers sleep when riding herd before across the west? Where did ranchers take shelter on their ranch a long way from their house? A barn was good enough for...
