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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N56_the-shooting-of-riley-luffsey_Medora-ND.html
William Riley Luffsey was born in Wayne County, Missouri, around 1859. He died in a gun battle along the Little Missouri River on June 26, 1883, about a mile west of the twin towns of Little Missouri and Medora.Riley Luffsey was a popular young ma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N4W_de-mores_Medora-ND.html
In memory ofAntoine Manca de VallombrosaMarquis de MoresLieutenant French CavalryBorn in Paris 1858Killed in North Africa 1896and of his wifeMedorawho founded this town in 1883
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N4V_historic-medora_Medora-ND.html
Before you lies a scene not greatly changed since Theodore Roosevelt's time here in the 1880s. Gone are the ambitious De Mores Packing Plant, the military cantonment and the early village of Little Missouri. But still present are the colorful butt…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N4U_tribute-to-the-civilian-conservation-corps_Medora-ND.html
"I propose to create a Civilian Conservation Corps . . . We can take a vast army of these unemployed out into healthful surroundings. We can eliminate to some extent at least the threat that enforced idleness brings to spiritual and moral sr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N3N_great-western-trail_Medora-ND.html
      Between 1874 and 1893, seven million head of cattle and horses went up the Great Western Trail from Texas through nine U.S. states into Canada. This famous trail lasted more years, carried more cattle, and was longer than any other cattle…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N3J_rough-riders-hotel_Medora-ND.html
George Fitzgerald's success operating the Hotel de Mores was such that in November 1884 he began work on his own 35-feet by 80 feet two-story hotel. Brick veneer was planned but was never added.The Bad Lands Cow Boy described its interior as follo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MXA_time-travel-on-the-custer-trail_Belfield-ND.html
Between 1864 and 1876, five military expeditions crossed this windswept country. Though only a couple of skirmishes occurred in the badlands, their stories hold a significant place in the history of the Great Sioux War.Lieutenant Colonel George Ar…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MX8_the-badlands_Belfield-ND.html
The stillness of the land is a disguise. Hard infrequent rain attack the loosely cemented clays and sandstones, gouging new gullies and carrying off as much as two to four inches of surface a year from steep, unprotected slopes.At night the buttes…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MX5_in-honor-of-a-president-and-his-conservation-legacy_Medora-ND.html
      Behind the visitor center is an old, rustic cabin. Architecturally insignificant, a person might wonder why it is here. To understand, step over the threshold and walk inside the building that housed a future president at a pivotal moment…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MX0_stephen-tyng-mather_Medora-ND.html
He laid the foundation of the National Park Service, defining and establishing the policies under which its areas shall be developed and conserved unimpaired for future generations. There will never come an end to the good that he has done.
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