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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NHM_margaret-roberts_Medora-ND.html
Margaret Barr was born in Ireland on September 15, 1853, and immigrated to Iowa with her family about 1864. In April 1871, she married John Lloyd Roberts from Wales, and soon became a pioneer wife to a cattle dealer and butcher.The couple arrived …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NHK_medora-education_Medora-ND.html
The need for educating local children was first publicly expressed in 1884 when St. Mary's Catholic Church Pastor Rev. Martin Schmitt, O.S.B., appealed to Medora residents to establish a school.Classes were begun in a cantonment building west of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NHG_st-marys-catholic-church_Medora-ND.html
Medora de Vallombrosa, wife of the Marquis de Mores, financed the construction of this brick church late in the summer of 1884. This gift to her namesake community was paid for from an annual income of $90,000, earned from a stock portfolio she re…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NHB_von-hoffman-house_Medora-ND.html
In August 1884, Athenais von Hoffman, mother-in-law of the Marquis de Mores, commissioned Peter Book to erect a brick cottage for use by her and her husband, Louis. The new home was completed in 1884 but was probably not occupied until the followi…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NH9_coal-mining_Medora-ND.html
One of the goals of early exploring parties in this area was to find local fuel, coal that fit the bill needed for railroad construction.One of the first area coal mines was located just west of Medora. The Northern Pacific Coal Company operated t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NH6_the-president-returns_Medora-ND.html
Theodore Roosevelt first came to the badlands in September 1883 to hunt buffalo. "Old Four Eyes" loved the life of the badlands' cowboys and participated in roundups, brandings and social events, earning the respect of those he so admire…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NGO_medora-depot-railroad_Medora-ND.html
The railroad reached the Little Missouri River in 1880. The Northern Pacific Railroad named the stop Pyramid Park.When the Marquis de Mores and Theodore Roosevelt arrived in 1883, the train depot was on the west side of the Little Missouri River. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NGL_hunting-and-trapping_Medora-ND.html
The Little Missouri Badlands have always been ideal habitat for wildlife. American Indians hunted these lands for centuries. The first known white explorers, the La Verendrye brothers, ventured into the badlands in 1742.Trapper Jean Baptiste La Pa…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NGJ_chateau-de-mores_Medora-ND.html
The grey and red building that you see to the south is the Chateau built in 1883 by Marquis de Mores, a French nobleman, who founded the town of Medora. It was occupied as a part-time residence until the fall of 1886 and was frequen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NGI_little-missouri-bridge_Medora-ND.html
The Little Missouri River was a challenge for motorists. Motorists had to ford the river or wait for a railroad crew to carry their autos across on a flatcar.Construction of a transcontinental highway system began in 1912. The lack of proper river…