On North Dakota Route 21 0.5 miles east of College Street, on the left when traveling east.
This 240 mile route from Bismarck to Deadwood was authorized by the Territorial Legislature in 1877 to provide a direct route from Bismarck to Deadwood Stage, a distance of 240 miles. It was originally routed by the Northwest Express & . . . — — Map (db m153101) HM
Near South Main Street (County Road 84) 0.1 miles south of 1st Avenue West, on the right when traveling south.
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 . . . — — Map (db m161850) HM
Fort Rice was a United States military post established to provide protection for white settlers who had just commenced to penetrate the territory of Dakota and as a military base for operations against hostile Indian tribes.
The post was . . . — — Map (db m154080) HM WM
In 1866-1868, Indian councils were held at the post. The most important of these was the Great Council with the Sioux bands in July 1886. A key leader of the Lakota, Thathanka Iyotake (Sitting Bull), refused to participate. Father Pierre Jean De . . . — — Map (db m154294) HM WM
Fort Rice was established on July 7, 1864, by General Alfred H. Sully as a field base during his 1864 expedition. The fort was named for Brigadier General James Clay Rice of Massachusetts who was killed in battle during the Civil War. Fort Rice was . . . — — Map (db m154247) HM
Near State Highway 1806 near 11th Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
More than 120 pounds of bones were found among the trash in two cache pits excavated in 1999
Bison Bones
Bones from a least six bison were recovered. Bison was the game animal of choice for Plains Village people. Virtually every part of . . . — — Map (db m285972) HM
Near North Dakota Route 1806 0.6 miles north of County Road 136, on the right when traveling north.
Archaeological excavations have occurred at Huff village in 1938-1939, 1959, 1960, and 1999. In all but the most recent work, focus has been on uncovering houses at Huff Village and understanding details of prehistoric architecture. The floors of l1 . . . — — Map (db m164393) HM
Near U.S. 1806 near 11th Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Archaeological excavations have occurred at Huff Village in 1938-1939, 1959, 1960, and 1999. In all but the most recent work, focus has been on uncovering houses at Huff Village and understanding details of prehistoric architecture. The floors of 11 . . . — — Map (db m286022) HM
Near State Highway 1806 near 11th Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
All the houses at Huff Village were rectangular, except for one. The houses were constructed in shallow pits dug about one or two feet below the ground surface. These houses had gabled roofs, supported by three or more main posts placed along the . . . — — Map (db m286021) HM
Only recently have we been able to accurately determine the age of Huff Village. Archeological deposits and the settlement layout suggests that the village was probably inhabited for only 20 years or so. Fourteen radiocarbon dates and several . . . — — Map (db m154336) HM
Huff Indian Village State Historic Site is a classic prehistoric Mandan settlement dating to about AD 1450, perhaps two hundred years before Euroamerican influence reached the Missouri Valley area. The village is a very large, well-planned community . . . — — Map (db m154135) HM
Huff Indian Village is a classic prehistoric Mandan settlement dating to about AD 1450, perhaps 200 years before Euroamerican influence reached the Missouri Valley area. The village is a large, well-planned community where 1,000 or more people once . . . — — Map (db m285926) HM
Near State Highway 1806 near 11th Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Archaeologist refer to the long, shallow depression just in front and to the right of you as House 19. It is what remains of a house after it collapsed many years after being abandoned. House 19 and the nearby area have been the focus of several . . . — — Map (db m286019) HM
Near State Highway 1806 near 11th Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Mandan villages had a central plaza where they held dances and other events. Mandans held ceremonies in a community structure or ceremonial lodge opening onto the plaza. Historically, a prominent male in the appropriate clan was designated as keeper . . . — — Map (db m285925) HM
Near State Highway 1806 near 11th Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
Remote sensing is the term applied to any method designed to reveal or examine, from a distance, features on or beneath the ground surface. Aerial photography is a form of remote sensing, In 1999, two other sophisticated remote sensing techniques . . . — — Map (db m286017) HM
Near State Highway 1806 near 11th Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
You are standing above one of a estimated 1,700 storage, or cache, pits in the village. A cache pit was a bell-shaped, underground chamber used primarily to store garden produce such as dried corn, beans, and squash. Farming produced a large surplus . . . — — Map (db m285967) HM
In front of you is part of the fortification system that once surrounded this village. The fortification system at Huff Village is a classic example of civil defense and community preparation for conflict. Inter-village conflict may have been . . . — — Map (db m154306) HM
Near State Highway 1806 near 11th Avenue, on the right when traveling north.
In front of you is part of the fortification system that once surrounded this village. This is a classic example of civil defense and community preparation for conflict. Inter-village conflict may have been heightened by drought, climatic change, or . . . — — Map (db m285928) HM
The barracks served as quarters for the 123 men of the two companies of the 6th Infantry who built Fort McKeen. Soldiers prepared their meals and dined in the mess hall and kitchen located at the rear of the building. Bunks with bed-sacks filled . . . — — Map (db m153207) HM
Near Fort Lincoln Road, on the right when traveling south.
The Infantry Post was protected by blockhouses and, on the north and west sides, by cottonwood walls called palisades. The rugged terrain to the south and east helped discourage attacks.
The palisades were costly to maintain and were removed . . . — — Map (db m227861) HM
On Fort Lincoln Road west of Fort Lincoln Road, on the left when traveling west.
An important daily function at military posts was guard duty. Guards and pickets prevented intruders from entering the post or advancing near enough to shoot at soldiers, steal horses or set fire to buildings.
One such outpost was the . . . — — Map (db m227347) HM
On Fort Lincoln Road, on the left when traveling north.
Concretions are spheres of mineral matter once surrounded by rock of a different composition. They occur when a cementing material forms around a center of organic matter such as a leaf, twig, shell or tooth. As the softer surrounding material . . . — — Map (db m227464) HM
Near Fort Lincoln Road, on the right when traveling south.
"The Worker" commemorates the valuable contributions of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) across this great country during the years 1933 to 1943. That depression-era decade was a critical period in American history. The CCC played a major role . . . — — Map (db m227237) HM
Near Fort Lincoln Road, on the right when traveling south.
Let this be a reminder to future generations of the invaluable service rendered by so many young men in preserving and maintaining parks and wildlife areas of this country.
The CCC assisted in the development of Fort Abraham Lincoln State . . . — — Map (db m227761) HM
The commanding officer’s quarters was one of seven frame residences (called Officers Row) built n 1873 to house cavalry officers stationed at Fort Abraham Lincoln. The first commanding officer and tenant was Lt. Colonel (Brevet Major General) George . . . — — Map (db m96771) HM
Near Fort Lincoln Road 1.8 miles north of State Route 1806, on the right when traveling south.
This United States military post was established as Fort McKeen, June 14, 1872 by companies "B" and "C" of the 6th Infantry under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Daniel Huston Jr. It was named in commemoration of Colonel H. Boyd McKeen of the . . . — — Map (db m262756) HM
On Fort Lincoln Road, on the left when traveling north.
This hand carved boundary marker was once located along the western edge of the Fort Abraham Lincoln Military Reservation.
President Ulysses S. Grant established the Fort Abraham Lincoln Military Reservation on February 11, 1873. The . . . — — Map (db m227236) HM
Soldiers of the 20th Infantry relax around a Gatling gun at the Fort Abraham Lincoln Infantry Post during the mid 1870s
The remains of these breastworks before you once supported a Gatling gun and a small group of infantry. . . . — — Map (db m227762) HM
Near Fort Lincoln Road 1.7 miles north of 46th Street (State Highway 1806), on the left when traveling north.
The laundresses were some of the few females officially recognized by the Army. As such, they were afforded housing and rations in return for tending to the soldiers' laundry. The laundresses' quarters, also known as "Suds Row," was a large log . . . — — Map (db m153213) HM
On Interstate 94 0.2 miles west of Sunset Drive Exit, on the right when traveling east.
Sunday, October 21, 1804 A driving northeast wind, cold temperatures, and freezing rain and snow led Lewis and Clark to seek shelter after only 7 miles. During the day, they passed the mouth of the Heart River learning from their Arikara . . . — — Map (db m44707) HM
Near Fort Lincoln Road, on the right when traveling south.
Of the 123 soldiers stationed at Fort McKeen in the late summer of 1872, seven were officers. They lived in four Officers' quarters located at the northwestern end of the parade ground. As with the other fort buildings, the officers; quarters were . . . — — Map (db m153201) HM
Charles Page, a civilian worker at Fort Abraham Lincoln who froze to death in the fall of 1873, was the first recorded burial in the cemetery. Freezing, gangrene, gunshot wounds, and other illnesses and injuries were typical causes of death. After . . . — — Map (db m227882) HM
Near Fort Lincoln Road, on the right when traveling south.
Completed on November 8, 1872, the hospital was of wood-frame construction and had two 12 bed wards. To save money, the army used paper board instead of plaster to finish the inside walls. Earth commodes adjoined each ward for use by patients too . . . — — Map (db m153959) HM
Near Fort Lincoln Road, on the right when traveling south.
Storage for ammunition and explosives at any military post was vital. At Fort Abraham Lincoln Infantry Post, three powder magazine stored ammunition for weapons of all types.
Powder and magazines had thick walls or were built into the ground. . . . — — Map (db m153956) HM
Near Fort Lincoln Road, on the left when traveling south.
The schoolhouse provided the basics of reading and writing for children living at the post. Even soldiers sought education within the walls that once stood on this spot. Many of the soldiers serving in the infantry post could not read or write. It . . . — — Map (db m153211) HM
The U.S. Army Quartermaster Department employed both Native Americans and European-Americans as scouts at Fort Abraham Lincoln. Many of these scouts were "Rees" or Arikara who fought the Lakota. Some of the best known scouts at Fort Abraham Lincoln . . . — — Map (db m227764) HM
Slant Village was occupied by the Mandan, an agricultural Indian tribe, and received its name because of the sloping ground upon which it was situated. The village embraced about seven or eight acres of ground and the most recent survey of the site, . . . — — Map (db m153125) HM
Near 8th Street North 0.7 miles south of Interstate 94, on the right when traveling south.
The Yellowstone Expedition of 1876, organized to quell the hostile Sioux, marched from Fort Abraham Lincoln May 17, 1876, and camped a short distance in a southerly direction of this marker on May 19, 1876. The trail extends to the banks of the . . . — — Map (db m234874) HM
The World’s Largest Holstein Cow is 38 feet high, 50 feet long, and weighs 12,000 pounds.
Salem Sue was erected in 1974 at a cost of nearly $40,000.00 contributed by dairymen, farmers, businessmen, the dairy industry, and area residents. The . . . — — Map (db m161849) HM
Friday, October 19, 1804
With a "fine morning wind" at their backs, the expedition "proceeded on verry well," noting "more timber than common" and at one point sighting "52 Ganques of Buffalow & 3 of Elk at one . . . — — Map (db m285602) HM
