by Mike Kopp | Oct 30, 2022 | ghosts, Montana, North Dakota, Snowden Bridge
Is Mondak haunted? That spooky feeling you get between the Snowden bridge and the Mondak town site may be from this double murder and lynching. It’s a two-part story gleaned from a stack of old newspaper accounts. JC takes his troubles north JC had been in...
by Mike Kopp | Oct 7, 2022 | History, North Dakota history, Places to go, Williams County, Williston
It’s all in the cemetery records. Killed at Fort Buford. A brief history of Fort Buford — Murder and Suicide (Editor’s note. This murder suicide is one of several that happened at the Fort. A Halloween tour of the Fort’s cemetery is planned to...
by Mike Kopp | Aug 2, 2021 | Custer Trail Auto Tour, Dickinson, Hike, History, North Dakota Badlands, outdoors, Photography, Places to go, Theodore Roosevelt National Park
This Weekend, Explore the Best Places in the Badlands Don’t sit at home, take advantage of the weather to visit the best places in the Badlands. It costs less than you think, and the rewards will last longer than your bank account. ...
by Mike Kopp | Jul 12, 2021 | History, McKenzie County, North Dakota history, Road Trip, Things To Do
Would you hire on to wash clothes for $19.50? For 19.5 soldiers. A month. $19.50/month. What we learned about Fort Buford history at the Encampment Reenactment Once a year, Fort Buford hosts the popular encampment. It’s a successful learning experience. This year,...
by Mike Kopp | May 25, 2020 | Billings County, Culture, History, North Dakota history, outdoors, Places to go, Things To Do
You’ll be encouraged and enlightened at one of these Badlands Cemeteries. On Memorial Day, honor and respect veterans and families here. Medora Cemetery Step back 140 years in time, and walk this graveyard hill. Families in the region honor their families buried...
