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| | Add Photo — Add Link — Add Commentary — Correct this page — Print | | Medora in Billings County, North Dakota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains) |
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North Dakota Badlands
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By Michael Stroud, June 1992 | |
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Inscription. The badlands you see from here were so named because they were "badlands" to travel over before modern roads were built. Rain, wind and running water have carved these hills. A thick series of shale and sandstone layers, all of these rocks are a part of the Fort Union Formation ( Paleocene Age). Once part of the High Plains, this area has been deeply eroded. Flash floods which follow every storm are still cutting away the rock layers.
Erected by U.S. Department of Interior.
Location. 46° 58′ N, 103° 27′ W. Marker is in Medora, North Dakota, in Billings County. Marker is on Scenic Loop Drive, on the right when traveling east. Click for map. located in Medora, just off Interstate 94 (exits 24 & 27) Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Marker is in this post office area: Medora ND 58645, United States of America.
Also see . . .
1. Theodore Roosevelt National Park - Badlands. "The Land God Forgot" by RealND.com (Submitted on January 19, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.)
2. North Dakota's Badlands - North Dakota Notes. Rugged badlands carved from rocks ranging in age from Late Cretaceous through Eocene occur along the Little Missouri River in western North Dakota, USA. (Submitted on January 19, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.)
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By Michael Stroud, June 1992 | |
| | | 2. Erosion has worn away all but the hardest materials, leaving the maze of buttes and canyons. | | |
3. Theodore Roosevelt National Park - Badlands. National Park Service site for the park. (Submitted on January 19, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.)
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By Michael Stroud, June 1992 | |
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| | | 5. Scoria Point | | True scoria is volcanic in origin. Locally, however, wherever a seam of coal has caught fire and baked the surrounding sand and clay into a kind of natural brick, it has been named scoria. Over the years erosion has removed the softer earth and left the bluffs capped with this harder, more resistant material. | | |
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By Mike Stroud, June 1992 | |
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By Mike Stroud, June 1992 | |
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By Mike Stroud, June 1992 | |
| | | 8. North Dakota Badlands Marker | | |
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By Mike Stroud, June 1992 | |
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By Michael Stroud, June 1992 | |
| | | 10. Bison have the "Right-of-Way" | | |
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| Credits. This page originally submitted on January 19, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. This page has been viewed 4,712 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. Submitted on January 19, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. Submitted on August 7, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. 10. Submitted on January 19, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page. | | Add Photo — Add Link — Add Commentary — Correct this page — Print |
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