• Roseville, ND

    Roseville, ND

    Roseville, North Dakota is a former Great Northern Railroad station at the intersection of County Roads 11 and 16 in Traill county, about ten minutes southwest of Mayville.  Roseville was never much more than a loose collection of farmsteads surrounding a grain elevator.  Today, the tracks have been pulled up and the grain elevator is [...]

  • Ft Abercrombie

    Fort Abercrombie

    The original Fort Abercrombie was constructed in 1858.  It was the first military settlement in North Dakota.  The fort was besieged by the Sioux for more than six weeks in 1862, an event that came to be known as the Dakota War of 1862.  Four soldiers were killed and two wounded. Two reconstructed blockhouses and [...]

  • White Butte

    White Butte

    White Butte is the highest point in the state of North Dakota at 3,506 feet above sea level. The peak is on private land, and is not staffed. Of the 50 state highpoints, only seven are on private land – North Dakota, Nebraska, Maryland, Louisiana, Kansas, Indiana, and Illinois.  There is no development of any kind at White Butte. The closest town, [...]

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    Olga, ND

    This is Olga, North Dakota, a near-ghost town in northern North Dakota — the oldest settlement in Cavalier County having been established in 1882 as St. Pierre.  Olga once had nearly 100 residents but underwent a slow decline over several decades.  Today, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart church is the most impressive local landmark. [...]

  • Flora, North Dakota

    Flora, ND

    Flora, North Dakota is in Benson County, about 40 miles southwest of Devils Lake.  According to North Dakota Place Names by Douglas A. Wick, it’s an unincorporated community which had only 8 residents as of 1982.  Former resident Kevin K. tells us there are now three remaining residents. Flora had a Post Office for 70 [...]

  • Bentley, North Dakota

    More Bentley

    These photos have been in our archive since we visited Hettinger County in 2007 and we are posting them here for the first time.  The church shown below has since partially collapsed. Bentley was founded by Arthur A. Bentley who, after moving from Eden Valley, Minnesota, started a photography business in Fargo in the 1890s. [...]