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Bicentennial Story #14-Mop Up at Killdeer

Account of the Battle at Killdeer Mountain on July 28, 1864.

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Bicentennial Story #15-Scare at Heart River Camp

General Alfred Sully and company camp along the Heart River southeast of Richardton on July 31, 1864.

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Bicentennial Story #16-Trenches at Heart River

Immigrants dig trenches on the north side of the Heart River, on July 26, 1864.

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Bicentennial Story #17-Badlands remarkable

Description of the North Dakota badlands by one of General Alfred Sully's soldiers.

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Bicentennial Story #18-Hell with the Fires Out

General Alfred Sully's description of the North Dakota badlands.

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Bicentennial Story #19-Band Concert

Account of General Alfred Sully and company camping south of Medora near the Custer Trail Ranch on August 7, 1864.

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Bicentennial Story #20-Dirty Water

Account of General Alfred Sully and company finding much needed water near Flat Top Butte.

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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.

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Bicentennial Story #22-Bismarck, 1883

Account of visit to Bismarck by former U.S. President, Ulysses S. Grant on September 5, 1883.

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Bicentennial Story #23-Young Mans Butte-I

Description of the naming of Young Mans Butte located 3 miles east of Richardton.

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Bicentennial Story #24-Young Mans Butte-II

Sioux description of the naming of Young Mans Butte located 3 miles east of Richardton.

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Bicentennial Story #25-Fr Sommereisen, 1873

Account of Father Valentine Sommereisen's lone trip across Indian country in 1873.

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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.

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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.

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Bicentennial Story #29-Young Mans Butte-Seat of Empire

Description of Young Mans Butte from an article in an eastern newspaper.

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Bicentennial Story #30-Shivaree at Gladstone-1880

Description of a railroad grading crew camp near the confluence of the Heart and Green Rivers.

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Bicentennial Story #31-First Burial at Gladstone-1880

Account of death and burial of Gerald Douglas on July 4, 1880, buried near Gladstone.

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Bicentennial Story #32-Gladstone planners-1882

Account of the creation of Gladstone, ND by settlers from Ripon, WI.

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Bicentennial Story #33-Dickinson platted

Account of the creation and platting of the town of Dickinson in 1882

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