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...
Back in “the day,” The Nohly/Snowden Bridge We are fascinated with the two lift bridges in the Badlands, one at Fairview/Cartwright, the other near the long-gone towns of Nohly and Snowden. So, while rummaging around in the archives at the MonDak Heritage...
Hidden History on the border People drive by the state’s only railroad tunnel and don’t even know it. It’s hidden history on the border. That last couple miles on Highway 200 headed into Montana takes people alongside a quarter-mile long tunnel, hidden from...