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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MWQ_the-soldiers-and-the-sioux_Belfield-ND.html
Cultural Conflicts Set the StageDuring the late 1880s, miners, traders, and homesteaders rushed to the West, pushing Northern Plains tribes into ever smaller remnants of their homelands. Treaties between the U.S. government and the tribes were mad…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MWE_roosevelt-and-the-boat-thieves_Arnegard-ND.html
In the spring of 1886 thieves stole Theodore Roosevelt's boat from his Elkhorn Ranch, 25 miles south of here. Roosevelt pursued the thieves past this point and captured them at the mouth of Cherry Creek about 24 miles downstream. He then …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MWB_dude-on-the-frontier_Belfield-ND.html
Theodore Roosevelt, 24 years old, came to the North Dakota badlands from New York City to hunt his first buffalo. For a week there was nothing but rain - at last some fresh tracks. And after hard riding, and a lot of missed shots, Roosevelt finall…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MW9_welcome-to-painted-canyon-a-view-into-theodore-roosevelt-national-park_Belfield-ND.html
Painted Canyon . . . the name itself evokes an image of color and light playing across the face of a wild and broken land. Of the countless individuals who have stood transfixed at the canyon rim - Native Americans, fur traders, a cavalry general,…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M2U_ukrainian-immigrants_Belfield-ND.html
From the populated villages of Ukraine to the unsettled regions of North Dakota, the Ukrainian immigrants came here at the end of the 19th century. They emigrated from the "Bread Basket of Europe" to the virgin sodland yet untou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M2C_walter-h-chaloner_Watford-City-ND.html
In memory ofWalter H. Chaloner1918 - 1933Near this spot,this pioneer's son failedin an attempt to jump awashout because of thetie-down on his horse.After five days of searching,he was found alive pinnedunder his horse.He did not survive.Fifty year…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M2B_badlands-panorama_Watford-City-ND.html
The colorful and fantastic shapes along these canyon walls are part of an ever-changing landscape. The horizontal layers of multi-colored sandstone, clay and shale are complimented by scattered beds of lignite coal and patches of pa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M1S_first-news-of-custers-death_Bismarck-ND.html
From approximately this spot on July 5, 1876, Colonel Clement A. Lounsberry, the founder of the Bismarck Tribune in a feat of newspaper enterprise that overcame many obstacles, flashed - - by telegraph - - to the New York Herald the first account …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M1R_the-pioneer-family_Bismarck-ND.html
Presented to the State ofNorth Dakotaby Harry Falconer McLeanto honor the memory ofthe pioneers ofthe great Northwest.This plaque erected bythe Bismarck Chapter Pioneer Daughters.< Back of Monument: >No trails too rugged,no obstacle too large,no m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1M1Q_apple-creek_Menoken-ND.html
Apple Creek today is only a mere trickle compared to what it was during the time it was formed from a large sheet of glacial ice. Looking out over the valley one can almost imagine the enormity of this creek during its formation. Th…