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 [...]
Blanchard and a Really Big Stick
Blanchard is a small town in Traill county about a half hour north of Fargo. Our Facebook fans warned us that there wasn’t much of a historic nature left to photograph, and they were right. Linda Grotberg commented: “Blanchard, is another reason why your “ghost project” is so important! The two churches, Seim’s Store, Wally’s [...]
Dresden, North Dakota
Dresden is a small town in Cavalier County, home to the Cavalier County Museum at Dresden, about six miles northwest of Langdon. The museum is housed in the former Holy Trinity Church, an incredible field-stone structure erected in 1936. Dresden is home to numerous historic structures in varying states of restoration, including the Dyer School [...]
Standing Rock Hill Historic Site
Barnes County This is the Standing Rock Hill Historic Site, south of Kathryn and west of Enderlin, just up the hill from Little Yellowstone Park, right off Highway 46. It is also just a short drive from Jensen Cabin at Wadeson Park. Standing Rock Hill Historic Site consists of four Native American burial mounds, the largest of which [...]
Jensen Cabin at Wadeson Park
Barnes County This cabin was built in 1878 by Norwegian immigrant Carl Bjerke Jensen, made from hand-hewn oak. The cabin and the land were donated to the State Historical Society by the Wadeson family in 1957. This cabin was in pretty bad shape until it was restored in 1981. I stumbled upon this place while taking a drive [...]
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 [...]
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