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Bismarck Convention and
Visitors Bureau
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Tour the North
Dakota State Capitol Building, a 19-story skyscraper
and
focal point of the city. The building's Art Deco interior
features a unique blend of natural materials from around
the world.
1-701-328-2000 |
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Browse through the North
Dakota Heritage Center. Located on the
capitol grounds, it is the state's official archives
and has an extensive library on North Dakota topics. This museum
is said to have one of the largest collections of Plains Indian artifacts.
1-701-328-2666 |
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Cross the Missouri River
and stop at Five Nations Art,
401 West Main in Mandan, Bismarck's sister city. This
store features works from five Indian nations of the
Northern Plains. You will find jewelry, dream catchers,
original oil paintings, and exquisite sculptures. Artists
are encouraged to use traditional techniques and natural
materials to produce works evocative of their heritage.
1-701-663-4663 |
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Lunch in Mandan |
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 Take
a short drive to Fort Abraham Lincoln
and the Custer House, located in a 977-acre state park
on the Missouri River banks south of Mandan. Three hundred
years ago a large settlement of Mandan Indians lived
here; in the late 1800s it was the site of a military
garrison where General George Armstrong Custer's Seventh
Cavalry was billeted before their final campaign.
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 Visit the Park's Museum and view a 20 minute slide show on the history of the people who have lived at this place along the Missouri. The museum provides an overview of the multiple stories of the Mandan Indians, the 7th Cavalry and the park's development, and anextensive collection of Mandan Indian artifacts. |
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Walk through the reconstructed
earth lodges of the On-A-Slant Indian
Village. Guided tours and two furnished earth lodges
present the story
of the Mandan people. Lewis & Clark stopped here
on their adventure
following the Missouri River. |
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View the wide expanse of
the Missouri River Valley from the same vantage point
that the infantrymen of Dakota Territory had when they
defended the Fort McKeen Block Houses. |
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The next stop is the Custer
House. Although it was part of the military garrison,
the home of George and Libbie Custer far exceeded the
army standard. Tour guides in period costumes are on
duty from May to October. It was at this location that
Libbie Custer heard the news of the Battle of Little
Bighorn. |
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Schedule a return trip
to the Port of Bismarck on the 160-passenger
Lewis and Clark Paddlewheel
Riverboat. Options for lunch,
dinner or
evening cruises are available.
1-701-255-4233 |
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Overnight at one of the many
fine accommodations in Bismarck. |
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After breakfast in Bismarck,
depart for Washburn. The most scenic route is Hwy 1804
north, along the Missouri River, or travel north on
Hwy 83 approximately 40 miles. |
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 Visit
the North Dakota Lewis & Clark
Interpretive Center near Washburn.The exhibit area
of the $3 million Center includes over 5,000 square
feet of displays that give an overview of the expedition
with emphasis on the winter of 1804-05 spent at Fort
Mandan. Of special note are displays of Indian artifacts
from many tribes encountered by Lewis and Clark. The
new Fort Clark Wing opened mid-May of 2001. The Center's
Bergquist Art Gallery showcases a rare, complete set
of Karl Bodmer art from the Maxmilian/Bodmer 1833 Expedition
and other rotating exhibits. An eight minute introductory
film on the Lewis & Clark Expedition orients
groups to the journeys of the Lewis & Clark Expedition.
1-877-462-8535 |
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Travel 2 miles west to the
new Fort Mandan Visitor Services
Center and Fort Mandan.
The triangular fort, faithfully reconstructed according
to 1804 sketches, was home to the 45-member Corps of
Discovery team for five months, until the ice of the
Missouri broke in the spring of 1805. Here Captain Lewis
and his men called on and received Native American guests,
embarked together on hunting adventures, performed dances,
traded goods, and exchanged valuable knowledge about
survival, distant tribes, and the lands ahead. Fort
Mandan is now totally furnished with period items and
historical interpreters are on site all year round.
1-877-462-8535 |
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Have lunch catered at the
Lewis & Clark Interpretive Center,
pickup a box lunch in Washburn or stop at Stanton for a bite. |
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Journey to the Knife
River Indian Villages National Historic Site, 20
miles west on Hwy 200A, near Stanton. The Interpretive
Center includes displays from the Mandan, Arikara, and
Hidatsa Tribes. View the movie Buffalo Bird Woman,
and visit a furnished earth lodge. Archeological digs
indicate that this site was inhabited 9,000 years ago.
However, it was the Mandan, Arikara, and Hidatsa tribes
living here in 1804 who are credited for aiding the
survival of Captains Lewis and Clark during their winter
at Fort Mandan. Here they recruited Toussaint Charbonneau
and his wife, Sakakawea, as guides
and translators.
1-701-745-3309 |
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Consider a stop at the Knife
River Ranch for a wagon ride, or for dinner and
a campfire sing-a-long. This is a working ranch where
groups will be welcomed to enjoy an excellent home-cooked
meal, served by the Wanner family in the lodge. The
Knife River winds through this scenic ranch that is
the livelihood of this family. Guests will see a corral
full of horses, herds of cattle, and abundant wildlife
here.
1-701-983-4290 |
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Return to Bismarck for the
night. |
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Enjoy breakfast in Bismarck, and then
continue west on I-94. The Mountain Time Zone begins
just west of Mandan.
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Dickinson Convention and
Visitors Bureau
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72 E. Museum Dr
Dickinson, ND 58601
1-800-279-7391 |
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Continue 90 miles west on
I-94 to Dickinson to visit the Dakota
Dinosaur Museum, featuring 10 full-scale dinosaurs
in the central display. The Museum also houses an extensive
collection of fossil plants and seashells, rocks, and
minerals.
1-701-225-3466 |
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The Joachim
Regional Museum is adjacent to the Dinosaur Museum
and houses a collection of the work of pioneer-days
photographer, Lawton Osbourne, and rotating displays
from southwest North Dakota.
1-701-456-6225 |
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Also nearby are the Pioneer
Machinery Museum, featuring threshing machines,
a variety of vintage tractors, and many early pioneer
items, and the Pioneer Outpost Park,
including a general store, post office, depot, church,
rural school, a veterans‚ chapel, a stabbur, and
a stone farmhouse built by the Germans from Russia. |
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Enjoy a dramatic change in
scenery and a majestic view of the Badlands of Theodore
Roosevelt National Park at the Painted
Canyon Overlook, off Exit 32 of I-94. |
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Travel 11 miles west on I-94
to the historic town of Medora,
gateway to the National Park that honors the 26th President
of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt. This authentic
Old West cow town is North Dakota's premier vacation
destination, and offers something for everyone.
1-800-633-6721 |
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Choices for lunch include
buffet dining at the Chuckwagon,
the new Maltese Burgers on the
Chuckwagon Patio, the Badlands Pizza
Parlor or fine dining at the historic Rough
Riders Hotel Dining Room, which has private rooms
for group dining; all are located downtown.
All arrangements for a stay in Medora, including lodging,
can be made with one phone call to Lisa at the Theodore
Roosevelt Medora Foundation.
1-800-MEDORA-1 or
1-800-633-6721. |
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Schedule a hosted champagne
or sarsaparilla reception for your tour group at
the Harold Schafer Heritage Center.
The Center tells the story of Mr. Schafer's life and
his commitment to Medora and North Dakota. It also houses
the Sheila Schafer Art Gallery. |
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Visit the Chateau
de Mores State Historic Site, the elegant 26-room,
1883 summer home of the French nobleman who founded
the town.
1-701-623-4355 |
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3:10 p.m. Stop downtown to
hear a portion of the 1903 campaign speech President
Theodore Roosevelt delivered from the balcony of the
Rough Riders Hotel.
It is presented from that same location daily. |
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At 4:00 p.m. attend Bully,
the Play, presented in the Medora Community Center.
It is a 45-minute adaptation of the Broadway play about
the life of Theodore Roosevelt as hunter, husband, father,
and President. |
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Dine at the unique Pitchfork
Steak Fondue, served at 6:30 p.m. each evening at
the Tjaden Terrace, situated on a high bluff overlooking
the badlands and the town of Medora. |
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the Medora Musical at 8:30 p.m.
Tour groups will enjoy the professionally produced musical
variety show presented in the spectacular outdoor Burning
Hills Amphitheater, a multi-million dollar high-tech
marvel. The Broadway-style show is held nightly from
early June through the eve of Labor Day. An outdoor
escalator carries visitors effortlessly seven stories
down into a natural canyon, where they view the two-hour
show from comfortable, individual stadium-style seats.
The American Bus Association
has named the Medora Musical a Top 100 Event in North
American for 2002. |
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Spend the night in Medora. |
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Enjoy breakfast at the Chuckwagon
All-You-Can Eat Buffet or at the historic Rough
Riders Hotel Dining Room, which has private rooms
for group dining; all are located downtown. |
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 Tour
the Theodore Roosevelt National
Park Visitor Center and T.R.'s Maltese Cross Ranch
cabin. Exhibits illustrate his days as a ranchman and
hunter in Dakota Territory. The 13-minute video, T.R.
Country, plays in the Visitors Center Theater. |
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As
you drive the 36-mile loop drive
through the National Park, you will observe prairie
dogs, buffalo, elk, deer, and wild horses in their natural
habitat. |
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Visit
the Museum of the Badlands to
view one of the largest collections
of Native American artifacts in the Midwest. It also
houses many
dioramas and wax displays of the frontier days of Medora. |
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Wednesday
through Sunday at 11:30, take in the free Cowboy
and His Horse demonstrations presented a half-block
south of the Rough Riders Hotel. |
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Walk
through the Medora Doll House Museum,
located in the vonHoffman House. This home, built in
1884 by the Marquis de Mores for his in-laws, is now
on the National Register of Historic Places. |
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Spend
a bit of time shopping in some of Medora's unique gift
emporiums and boutiques or antique shops. |
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Choices
for lunch include buffet dining at the Chuckwagon,
the new Maltese Burgers on the
Chuckwagon Patio, the Badlands Pizza
Parlor or fine dining at the historic Rough
Riders Hotel Dining Room, which has private rooms
for group dining; all are located downtown. |
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On
Saturday and Sunday, at 1:00, 2:30, and 4:00 p.m., enjoy
Medora's Music, Magic and Mirth, the 4-M
Review playing at the Old Town Hall. |
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Depart
from Medora on I-94 west to the next Lewis & Clark
stop at Pompeys Pillar near Billings Montana. |
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North Dakota Lewis & Clark Bicentennial Foundation
Milissa Price
PO Box 607
Washburn, ND 58577
phone:877-462-8535
fax: 701-462-3316
email: mprice@fortmandan.org
www.fortmandan.com
Fort Abraham Lincoln Foundation
Marion Houn
401 W Main
Mandan, ND 58554
phone: 701-663-4758
fax: 701-663-4751
email: marion@fortlincoln.com
www.fortlincoln.com
Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation
Wade Westin
Box 1696
Bismarck, ND 58502
phone: 800-633-6721 • 701-223-4800
fax: 701-223-3347
email: wadew@medora.com
www.medora.com |
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