Flasher in Morton County, North Dakota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Flasher Centennial Railroad Park

1889 1989

— Dedicated July 15, 1989 —

Flasher Centennial Railroad Park Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Connor Olson, December 5, 2020

1. Flasher Centennial Railroad Park Marker

Inscription. The first Northern Pacific Railway Co. Train reached this point in September of 1910. The railroad linked the communities of Mandan, Huff, Fort Rice, Cannonball, Solen, Brelen, and Flasher together with Southwestern North Dakota.

It was a means of transportation that helped the Village of Flasher become a boom town within three years. With the location of the Depot here, it established a new Main Street and many of businesses and buildings were moved from West Flasher to Main Street, as it is today.

Due to the Construction of the Oahe Reservoir and erosion of railroad bed along the Missouri River, Burlington Northern Railroad Co. built a direct route from Mandan to Flasher with the first passenger train arriving in Flasher in July of 1967.

On May 15, 1987, Burlington Northern Railroad Co. deeded Main Street Crossing and area to the City of Flasher to be developed for Park purposes.

Abandonment of the Mandan to Mott line was completed in 1988. Flasher received a $750 grant towards the placing of this Historical Marker from the North Dakota Centennial Commission.

Erected 1989 by City of Flasher.

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This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Industry & Commerce • Parks & Recreational Areas • Railroads & Streetcars • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical month for this entry is September 1910.

Location. 46° 27.122′ N, 101° 13.989′ W. Marker is in Flasher, North Dakota, in Morton County. It can be reached from South Main Street (County Road 84) 0.1 miles south of 1st Avenue West, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Flasher ND 58535, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on the Missouri Plateau

and in Greater Bismarck Area.

It is also in the American Lewis & Clark Corridor,

on the prairies,

and on the Northern Plains.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once Rupert’s Land

and also the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least one other marker is within walking distance of this marker: Bismarck to Deadwood Stage Trail (approx. 0.8 miles away).

Photographed by Connor Olson, December 5, 2020

2. Flasher Centennial Railroad Park Marker

Flasher Centennial Railroad Park image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Connor Olson, December 5, 2020

3. Flasher Centennial Railroad Park

Credits. This page was last revised on December 7, 2020. It was originally submitted on December 5, 2020, by Connor Olson of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 388 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on December 5, 2020, by Connor Olson of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. • Mark Hilton was the editor who published this page.