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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1TPT_north-dakota-badlands-historical_Grassy-Butte-ND.html
The badlands you see here were so named because they were badlands to travel over before modern roads were built. A part of the Northern Great Plains the area has been carved by rain, wind and running water of the Little Missouri River. These laye…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NXU_cannon-ball-concretions_Grassy-Butte-ND.html
      The large spherical boulders in front of you are called concretions. They may have any shape, but most are round. Concretions are formed within rocks (shale, clay, sandstone, etc.) by the deposition of mineral around a core. More concreti…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NXT_long-x-cattle-trail_Grassy-Butte-ND.html
      Abundant grass in North Dakota resulted in cattle being driven in the 1880's along this trail to the Long X Ranch three miles north of this point. In North Dakota the trail passed through the place that is now the town of New England, the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NXN_man-and-grass_Grassy-Butte-ND.html
      Throughout history livestock growing has depended upon abundant grasslands. An unused sea of grass in this region attracted cattlemen who brought large herds here in the early 1880's. Damage from overstocking and overgrazing brought a qui…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NXK_edge-of-a-glacier_Grassy-Butte-ND.html
      These small boulders are clues to a fascinating story. Geologists believe they were ripped from bedrock 400 miles north in Canada and carried to this point by a great glacier which covered nearly all North America north and east of here. …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NXI_longhorns_Grassy-Butte-ND.html
Good grass and shelter attracted ranching interests to the badlands. Taking advantage of the void left by the killing of the bison, a Texas trail drive pushed 4,000 head of longhorn cattle into this region in the fall of 1884. Other trail drives f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NXF_slump-formation_Grassy-Butte-ND.html
      These tilted mounds were once part of the higher cliffs beyond. Stream cutting against their base over-steepened the cliffs. During wet periods, blocks of earth slid downhill, retaining their original layered sequence.       Can you ma…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NXB_building-from-hard-times_Grassy-Butte-ND.html
The drought and depression of the 1930's hit the badlands region hard. Small landowners, no longer able to eke out a living, sold their lands to the government with the hope of finding a new start elsewhere. Throughout the country, men were out of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NXA_bentonitic-clay_Grassy-Butte-ND.html
      The blue-black popcorn-like soil that caps the plateau 50 feet below this point is bentonitic clay. Bentonite clays flow when wet. This bluish-colored layer can be traced for miles up and down the river.
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