by Mike Kopp | Jan 18, 2022 | Bowman County, History, McKenzie County, North Dakota history
Q. What do Mondak, Wheelock, and Fort Buford have in common? A. A rail road that carried both good and bad. Old west stories of bad guys and wild west tales of murder. That’s the stuff books, movies and tall tales are made of. That’s true of these three...
by Mike Kopp | May 29, 2021 | Custer Trail Auto Tour, Dickinson, Hike, History, Little Missouri National Grasslands, Maah Daah Hey, North Dakota Badlands, North Dakota history, North Dakota scenery, outdoors, Photography, Places to go, Things To Do
It’s a short drive for big benefits Pick a place. There are millions of acres to give you a healthy weekend. Ya know you wanna get out and feel free, right? Any weekend is a good time to lose the masks, fill your lungs, stretch your legs, lose that tension in...
by Mike Kopp | Jan 8, 2021 | Hike, History, Maah Daah Hey, MHA Nation, Montana, outdoors, Places to go, Road Trip, Snowden Bridge
For your 2021 Calendar — 4 more of the top Healthy Badland Attractions 2020 Badlands Attraction Goals Carry Over to 2021 There are places in the Badlands where you will have all the isolation you want. Like a fellow from Wisconsin told me on New Years Day,...
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...
