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Bicentennial Story #99-Site of Fort Mandan
Description of the replica site of Fort Mandan built 3 miles west of Washburn, ND.
Tags: oral history
Bicentennial Story #98-Newman's court martial
Account of the punishment of Private John Newman for mutiny in 1804.
Tags: oral history
Bicentennial Story #95-Taft-Peaceful Valley
History of Peaceful Valley Township, south of Belfield, ND.
Tags: oral history
Bicentennial Story #93-French at Gaylord
Description of French immigrants to Gaylord, south of Belfield.
Tags: Gaylord ND, oral history
Bicentennial Story #92-St Demetrius Church
History of St. Demetrius Church north of Belfield, ND.
Tags: oral history
Bicentennial Story #91-John Fedora
Account of the life of John Fedora as a homesteader north of Belfield, ND.
Tags: oral history
Bicentennial Story #90-First Ukrainians
Some names of the first Ukrainians to homestead near Belfield, ND.
Tags: oral history
Bicentennial Story #9-Civilian with Sully
Description of the first civilian government in Stark County, the Tom Holmes expedition, an immigrant covered wagon train traveling under the protection of General Alfred Sully in 1864.
Tags: oral history
Bicentennial Story #89-Mike Baranko
Account of the immigration of Mike Baranko from Ukraine to North Dakota.
Tags: oral history
Bicentennial Story #87-Pet bull snake
Account of the Adolph Schuhrke family pet bull snake.
Tags: oral history
Bicentennial Story #86-Camp Houston-Belfield
History of the creation of Belfield, ND.
Tags: oral history
Bicentennial Story #85-Holland Land Company
Description of the Holland Land Company, created to attract Dutch immigrants to settle near Belfield and South Heart, ND.
Tags: oral history
Bicentennial Story #84-Perdaems at South Heart
Account of the immigration of Gerald J. Perdaems, a Dutch farmer, to near South Heart in 1907.
Tags: oral history
Bicentennial Story #83-South Heart, 1881
Description of the settlement of South Heart, ND.
Tags: oral history
Bicentennial Story #82-Railroad reaches Montana
Account of the railroad mistaking Sentinel Butte, ND as the Montana state line in 1880.
Tags: oral history
Bicentennial Story #81-Watford City
Description of the naming of the town of Watford City.
Tags: oral history
