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 31, 2020 | ghosts, History, Marmarth, North Dakota history, Places to go, Small towns
Spooky Bad They are called the spooky bad lands for a reason. Long before settlers moved across the region, indigenous people considered the land to be bad. They thought it could be very spooky. Murders and untimely deaths mark the history of the region. Those...
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 | Oct 17, 2019 | Culture, History, North Dakota
Wow. Thanks. Haunted places in the Badlands That’s a timely question. Maybe one of our readers can help with that. We have heard of three. One is Fort Buford. In fact, you may want to check out the Fort Buford cemetery this weekend. Saturday is the...
by Mike Kopp | Oct 29, 2018 | History, Missouri River, Montana, North Dakota history, Snowden Bridge
How did this happen? How did he get here? JC ran from Iowa and Nebraska trying to get free of scenes like this, but he could not shake his own deeds. Now, two men dead, and JC is on the run. JC gave up. The brush was thick and the posse was angry. He ran as far as...
