Near Harmon in Burleigh County, North Dakota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Stone Shelter

Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, July 22, 2025

1. Stone Shelter Marker

Captions: (bottom left) Workers gathering field stone; (top right) Plan of a stone shelter similar to this one. (bottom right) Aerial view of Double Ditch highlighting the stone shelter.

Inscription. The stone shelter you are standing by was constructed in the 1930s as one of many projects completed through-out the state by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA). These two programs created during Great Depression helped provide work for unemployed people. In North Dakota, the CCC and WPA constructed dams, developed wildlife refuges and parks, worked to prevent soil erosion on cultivated lands, and create many additional projects that continued to benefit the state.
Today Double Ditch Indian Village State Historic Site is listed in the National Register of Historic Places
We ask you to help us preserve this site. Please take nothing but photographs. The past belongs to everyone, so please leave all artifacts here for the information they provide.

Erected by State Historical Society of North Dakota.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Charity & Public Work.

Location. 46° 56.186′ N, 100° 54.051′ W. Marker is near Harmon, North Dakota, in Burleigh County. It is on Double Ditch Loop 0.3 miles

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west of State Route 1804, on the left when traveling south. Harmon, North Dakota is on the opposite side of the Missouri River from Double Ditch Indian Village State Historic Site which is located in Burleigh County. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Bismarck ND 58503, 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 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: A different marker also named Stone Shelter (here, next to this marker); Double Ditch State Historic Site (here, next to this marker); Homes (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Square Buttes (about 500 feet away); Archaeological Excavations in 1905 (about 600 feet away); Mandans and the Practice of Farming (about 600 feet away);

Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, July 22, 2025

2. Stone Shelter Marker

Mandan Origin Stories (about 700 feet away); Final Occupation of Double Ditch (about 700 feet away).

More about this marker. This marker has replaced an earlier marker also listed on Historical Marker Database. The text is similar.

Stone Shelter and Marker in the background image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Barry Swackhamer, July 22, 2025

3. Stone Shelter and Marker in the background

Aerial view of Double Ditch Historic Site from Google Maps image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Goole Maps

4. Aerial view of Double Ditch Historic Site from Google Maps

Credits. This page was last revised on September 15, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 14, 2025, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California. This page has been viewed 57 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 14, 2025, by Barry Swackhamer of Brentwood, California.