Highline Bridge
This is the Highline trestle in Valley City, built between 1906 and 1908. It is still in use today. The Highline is 3,860 feet long and 162 feet high. We are including it on this site in homage to the importance of the railroad in settling North Dakota. Check out our gallery for another of [...]
Fairview Lift Bridge and Cartwright Tunnel
McKenzie County Thank you to R. David Adams for submitting these photos of the Fairview Lift Bridge and the accompanying Cartwright Tunnel, between Cartwright, North Dakota and Fairview, Montana. To our knowledge, the tunnel is the only train tunnel in the state of North Dakota. As you’ll learn from Mr. Adams’ comments below each photo, this [...]
More Views of Haley
Bowman County Inhabited as of 5-07 Haley, ND is in Bowman County, southwest of Bismarck, right on the border with South Dakota. As of our visit, Haley had a population of two. These are additional photos from the archive. Click Here to see our main Haley gallery. CLICK PHOTOS TO ENLARGE The view from the [...]
Werner, ND
Dunn County Habitation Status Unknown Werner is in West Central North Dakota, south of Lake Sakakawea, in a very sparsely populated region of Dunn County. We have seen photos of various remains from the town of Werner in print and elsewhere. We do not know exactly how much is left. According to North Dakota Place [...]
Gassman Coulee Trestle
Ward County Our May 2010 trip took us through Minot, so we stopped to take some photos of this — the Gassman Coulee Trestle in Trestle Valley, just outside of town. The bridge is 1792 feet long and 117 feet tall at its highest point. When a train crosses, you can hear the rumble from [...]
North Dakota Rediscovered: High Bridge
High Bridge – Walden, ND People occasionally send us photos or postcards which inspire the imagination. This old postcard is one of those. High Bridge, in Walden, ND circa 1907. click to enlarge Usually when we receive a photo like this, we’ll start asking questions. Why haven’t I heard of Walden? Is this bridge still [...]
Caledonia Bridge
This is the Caledonia Bridge in Caledonia, North Dakota. It was built in 1895. It is closed to all but foot traffic. It is one of the oldest bridges in North Dakota, second to the Viking bridge in nearby Portland. It is on the National Register of Historic Places. Photos by Troy and Rat, copyright Sonic [...]
Haley, ND
Bowman County Inhabited as of 5-07 Haley, ND is a South Dakota border town in Bowman County, southwest of Bismarck. We met the residents of Haley. There are two of them. Recounting as best we can from memory, the story goes something like: the last resident died, passed the property on to a daughter, who [...]
Bathgate, ND
Pembina County Inhabited as of 7/06 Bathgate, ND is in Pembina County, about 15 miles south of the Canadian border. It was founded in 1879 as Bayview, but was re-named for the Scottish city of the same name when the Post Office was established in 1881. US Census Data for Bathgate Total Population by Place [...]
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