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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23UA_custer-trail_Medora-ND.html
The Yellowstone Expedition of 1876, organized to suppress the hostile Sioux, marched from Fort Abraham Lincoln May 17, 1876. The Expedition camped at the junction of Davis Creek and the Little Missouri River, four miles south of Medora on May 29 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NXC_wind-canyon-carved-by-wind-and-water-marred-by-man_Medora-ND.html
These soft sandstone deposits, built up by wind and water and then carved into strange and fantastic shapes by the same forces, have fascinated man for at least 5,000 years.Note the absence of carvings in the sculptured walls seen in this photogra…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NWP_river-woodland_Medora-ND.html
          You are looking at a portion of the Little Missouri River bottomlands. Cottonwood trees line the river course, where their roots can reach abundant moisture. Dark green juniper trees dot the sheltered slopes of the steep bluffs. On …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NWO_building-from-hard-times_Medora-ND.html
The drought and depression of the 1930's hit the badlands region hard. Small landowners, no longer able to eke out a living, sold their lands to the government with the hope of finding a new start elsewhere. Throughout the country, men were out of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NWN_beef-corral-bottom_Medora-ND.html
In the era of the open range cattle industry of the late 1800's, ranchers would work together to round up their free-ranging cattle in the spring and fall. During roundups the cattle would be driven to a wide river bottom like this one, where they…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NIT_medora-livery-stable_Medora-ND.html
Stables were important in early Medora, serving the primary means of local transportation: horseback and horse-drawn vehicles.Livery stables offered horses, teams and wagons for hire. These stables were built in conjunction with hotels so guests' …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NIS_medora-business-district_Medora-ND.html
Medora's business district originated north of 3rd Avenue. After Medora's founding in 1883, carpenters, masons and other laborers filled the community, benefiting from a construction boom. Medora also became a supply hub for area ranchers and farm…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NID_cowboys_Medora-ND.html
The American cowboy has become a mythical figure in the national consciousness. This would, no doubt, have surprised most of the common laborers who earned meager pay as cowboys. A number of them were indeed colorful characters. Some became outlaw…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NIC_joe-ferris-general-store_Medora-ND.html
Joe Ferris wore many hats in Medora. He was a hunting guide, a Medora postmaster and a successful merchant.Ferris opened his first general store in Little Missouri. In 1885 he began work in Medora on the current two-story, 25-foot by 75-foot struc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NI9_the-bad-lands-cow-boy_Medora-ND.html
At the age of 22, Arthur T. Packard started Medora's first newspaper, The Bad Lands Cow Boy. The first issue came off the press on February 7, 1884. Marquis de Mores was the major advertiser in the paper.Editor Packard produced a paper that balanc…
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