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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N4V_historic-medora_Medora-ND.html
Before you lies a scene not greatly changed since Theodore Roosevelt's time here in the 1880s. Gone are the ambitious De Mores Packing Plant, the military cantonment and the early village of Little Missouri. But still present are the colorful butt…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N4U_tribute-to-the-civilian-conservation-corps_Medora-ND.html
"I propose to create a Civilian Conservation Corps . . . We can take a vast army of these unemployed out into healthful surroundings. We can eliminate to some extent at least the threat that enforced idleness brings to spiritual and moral sr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N3N_great-western-trail_Medora-ND.html
Between 1874 and 1893, seven million head of cattle and horses went up the Great Western Trail from Texas through nine U.S. states into Canada. This famous trail lasted more years, carried more cattle, and was longer than any other cattle…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1N3J_rough-riders-hotel_Medora-ND.html
George Fitzgerald's success operating the Hotel de Mores was such that in November 1884 he began work on his own 35-feet by 80 feet two-story hotel. Brick veneer was planned but was never added.The Bad Lands Cow Boy described its interior as follo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MX5_in-honor-of-a-president-and-his-conservation-legacy_Medora-ND.html
Behind the visitor center is an old, rustic cabin. Architecturally insignificant, a person might wonder why it is here. To understand, step over the threshold and walk inside the building that housed a future president at a pivotal moment…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MX0_stephen-tyng-mather_Medora-ND.html
He laid the foundation of the National Park Service, defining and establishing the policies under which its areas shall be developed and conserved unimpaired for future generations. There will never come an end to the good that he has done.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2NC_north-dakota-badlands_Medora-ND.html
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 p…