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Bicentennial Story #21-Death March to Yellowstone
Description of the harsh conditions General Alfred Sully and company traveled after the Battle of the Badlands.
Tags: oral history
Bicentennial Story #22-Bismarck, 1883
Account of visit to Bismarck by former U.S. President, Ulysses S. Grant on September 5, 1883.
Tags: oral history
Bicentennial Story #23-Young Mans Butte-I
Description of the naming of Young Mans Butte located 3 miles east of Richardton.
Tags: oral history
Bicentennial Story #24-Young Mans Butte-II
Sioux description of the naming of Young Mans Butte located 3 miles east of Richardton.
Tags: oral history
Bicentennial Story #25-Fr Sommereisen, 1873
Account of Father Valentine Sommereisen's lone trip across Indian country in 1873.
Tags: oral history
Bicentennial Story #26-Grave at Young Mans Butte, 1874
Account of first known white man buried in the Richardton area, Sergeant Henry C. Stemker, 1874.
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Bicentennial Story #27-Stage Station at Young Mans Butte-I
Relay station established near Young Mans Butte along the Fort Keogh mail route in 1878.
Tags: oral history
Bicentennial Story #28-Stage Station at Young Mans Butte-II
R.S. Brookings established the Oakdale Farm at the Young Mans Butte stage station location.
Tags: oral history
Bicentennial Story #29-Young Mans Butte-Seat of Empire
Description of Young Mans Butte from an article in an eastern newspaper.
Tags: oral history
Bicentennial Story #30-Shivaree at Gladstone-1880
Description of a railroad grading crew camp near the confluence of the Heart and Green Rivers.
Tags: oral history
Bicentennial Story #31-First Burial at Gladstone-1880
Account of death and burial of Gerald Douglas on July 4, 1880, buried near Gladstone.
Tags: oral history
Bicentennial Story #32-Gladstone planners-1882
Account of the creation of Gladstone, ND by settlers from Ripon, WI.
Tags: oral history
Bicentennial Story #33-Dickinson platted
Account of the creation and platting of the town of Dickinson in 1882
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Bicentennial Story #34-Stark County commissioners
Description of the first Stark County commission meeting, May 30, 1883.
Tags: oral history
Bicentennial Story #35-Dickinson to be county seat
Opinion printed in The Dickinson Press on March 31, 1883 about the choice of Dickinson as the county seat for Stark County.
Tags: oral history
Bicentennial Story #36-Stark County established
Description of the creation of Stark County in May 1883.
Tags: oral history
Bicentennial Story #37-Dickinson a trading center
Account of Dickinson as a trading center for the area.
Tags: oral history
Bicentennial Story #38-Dickinson first school board
Account of the creation of the Dickinson school district and school board in 1883.
Tags: oral history
Bicentennial Story #39-First Dickinson teachers
Description of the first school and teacher in Dickinson in 1883.
Tags: oral history
Bicentennial Story #42-Surveying Stark County
Account of the land survey of Stark County.
Tags: oral history