Forget for a moment that the movie “Woman Walks Ahead” is anything more than a great story: that a woman from New York City came to Fort Yates Agency in the late 1800s and painted Sitting Bull, one of the greatest and most well-known Native...
“I want to share history with people, and I like to see the excitement in their eyes as they discover something that they hadn’t thought about before or see something in a new way.” Rob Hanna’s love for history was cultivated by the way his...
Long before Lewis and Clark stepped foot in what is now North Dakota, French-Canadian trappers were common visitors to Native American villages. They mixed with and married into local families and gave birth to what became known as the Metis. The descendants of the Metis...
“The creator gave us this gem here so we’re going to let it sparkle, we’re going to let it shine, we’re going to polish it up and we’re going to let the people take a good glance at who we are.” Jason Morsette began his...
I’ve heard a lot about her and so we can call her legendary. It was quite the sight to see the 38-foot-high, 50-foot-long, largest-Holstein-cow-on-earth named Salem Sue up close and personal. Dairymen, farmers and area businesses pooled resources to build the cow as a hallmark...
At the center of the Northern Plains is a rugged section of Badlands, buttes and fertile grasslands where cattle and sheep graze, and the deer and antelope still roam. This region – bordered by the towns of Hettinger, N.D. and Lemmon, Bison and Buffalo, S.D. – is where Lakota and Dakota people conducted the last hunts of the majestic, wild buffalo that once roamed the grasslands in great herds.
Follow the footsteps of legends when you traverse the Standing Rock National Native American Scenic Byway . This is the place where Meriwether Lewis and William Clark made numerous stops during their expedition, and it is the final resting place of their guide Sakakawea. This...
Relive the excitement and adventure of early explorers and pioneers who ventured into the uncharted west when you voyage along the Sakakawea Scenic Byway . Dotted with important historic sites and interactive experiences, the byway begins at Highway 200A, curving from Washburn to Stanton. At...
Stretching along western North Dakota, the 64-mile Killdeer Mountain Four Bears Scenic Byway provides some of the most spectacular sightseeing when it comes to the state’s natural beauty. Start the byway just north of Manning on Highway 22, north through Killdeer to Highway 23, and...