Dakota Thunder and Frontier Village
Frontier Village is a tourist attraction just off Interstate 94 in Jamestown and includes the World’s Largest Buffalo, a concrete buffalo statue named Dakota Thunder, Frontier Village, a re-creation of a pioneer town featuring actual historic buildings which have been moved to the site from all over the state, and the National Buffalo Museum.
There is no admission charge to get into Frontier Village or to see Dakota Thunder. Next time you’re driving by on Interstate 94, stop in for a visit.
The photo doesn’t quite do the scale of this thing justice… a tall person can stand beneath the two front legs of this statue with a couple feet to spare. It’s big!
The store on the right is a working souvenir and snack shop with an ATM.
You can take a ride in a genuine stage coach at Frontier Village for $5 per person.
Photos by Troy, copyright Sonic Tremor Media LLC
My buddy’s family and I toured this in 2000. : ) I did a rude “doctor’s entreaty” beneath the buffalo: reaching up, I commanded “Turn your head to the left and cough!” The McDonald’s nearby had THE friendliest counter people I ever met! “Hi, how are ya? Was everything OK? Thanks for stopping by!” All tall, all blond, all nice. PS Blog link below references my ND trips…
PS I was particularly fascinated with the little church in Frontier Village…
We stop here everytime we head from Seattle to Mountain, ND. It’s fun to wander around and look at the “old way” of life. There are fewer gift shops and it seems less active. (signs of the economy).
I hope it won’t disappear anytime soon.
Why doesnt anyone speak of the native american home that the buffalo was built on top of. My husband remembers it being blocked off when he was young and eventually filled in.