by Mike Kopp | Oct 23, 2022 | ghosts, North Dakota history, Small towns
Haunted Spooky Wheelock If you have a heightened sense of paranormal activity, you may be rewarded by exploring the haunted Ray/Wheelock region. There’s something about an area of the wild west that can claim two mass murders of families in one area, a jilted lover...
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 | Aug 31, 2021 | History, North Dakota history, Watford City, Williams County, Williston
Mondak Stories from the Wild Side I’m always a bit tickled when someone I’m visiting with adds another anecdote to stories I’ve written. Take Mondak for example. There is no shortage of Mondak stories and anecdotes. That’s why I perked up this week when a...
by Mike Kopp | Jan 2, 2021 | Agriculture, Cowboys, History, McKenzie County, North Dakota history, Places to go, Theodore Roosevelt National Park, Things To Do
Herd of cows? I remember the first time I saw longhorn cattle at the north unit of the Theodore Roosevelt National Park. I was flummoxed, then, and for a long time after. “What’s a bunch of cows doing here?” I asked. It seemed like a North Dakota thing to do....
by Mike Kopp | Nov 26, 2018 | History, Medora, North Dakota Badlands
Sanctified Wooly Boys, Badlands Girl, move over. Sanctified, full-length feature film could be shot in Billings County next spring. Those first two films generated considerable interest in Western North Dakota, the Badlands and Medora. More attention seems to be...
