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Ready to look into the past and learn about the heritage of this fascinating city? We list historic homes, plantations, battlegrounds, and churches that are rich in history and provide for an educational travel diversion.
Category: Historic Sites - Bismarck Attractions & Activities
Address: Missouri Valley Fairgrounds, Bismarck, ND
One of the area's more unique historical attractions, this reconstructed pioneer village boasts more than 20 buildings that date as far back as the late 19th century. The site, which includes some 20 acres, is a perfect place to bring families or school groups to learn about life in North Dakota before the introduction of TV, video games, the...
Camp Hancock State Historic Site
Category: Historic Sites - Bismarck Attractions & Activities
Address: First St, and W Main Ave, Bismarck, ND 58505
All that remains today of Camp Hancock is the old log headquarters building, which now serves as an interpretative museum and whose exterior log walls have been covered with a protective clapboard siding. Founded in 1872 as Camp Greely, the military settlement was started with one solitary purpose in mind: to provide protection for the crews then...
Category: Historic Sites - Bismarck Attractions & Activities
Address: Burnt Boat Dr NW, Bismarck, ND 58503
Known for several years as Ward Earthlodge Village, this site marks the spot of an 18th century Mandan village. Situated atop a high hill that overlooks the Missouri River, this small village was once contained several dwellings that were surrounded by fortifications. Of course, those visiting the site will have to use their imagination, as all...
Category: Historic Sites - Bismarck Attractions & Activities
Address: off ND-1804 NW, Bismarck, ND
Dating from, perhaps, as far back as the late 16th century, Double Ditch was a thriving Mandan village until around 1781. Lewis and Clark made some of the first modern references to the then-deserted village in their 1806 journals, when their expedition ran across it while traveling through North Dakota. The earth lodge village takes it name from...
Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park
Category: Historic Sites - Bismarck Attractions & Activities
Address: 4480 Fort Lincoln Rd, Mandan, ND 58554
Located off Highway 1806, Fort Abraham Lincoln can trace its roots all the way back to the late 18th century, when a fur-trading outpost was set up here. When the army took over the reins of the fort in the 1870s, they renamed it honor of the nation's sixteenth president. Modern guests to the fort will find that it looks much as it did in 1876,...
Category: Historic Sites - Bismarck Attractions & Activities
Address: ND-200, Fort Clark, ND
Founded in the 1830s, Fort Clark served as one of the primary fur-trading outposts on the upper Missouri until the early 1960s, allowing representatives of the American Fur Company to work exclusively with the native Mandan. The Fort Clark site has remained remarkably preserved of the years, and it stands as one of the state's most important...
Governors' Mansion State Historic Site
Category: Historic Sites - Bismarck Attractions & Activities
Address: 320 East Ave B, Bismarck, ND 58501
Constructed in 1884, this lovely Victorian-style mansion served as the state governor's primary residence from 1893 to 1960. Open to the public as a historic house-museum since the mid-70s, the home was carefully restored and now looks much as did during its political heyday. Antique furnishings and personal effects left by the 21 families who...
Category: Historic Sites - Bismarck Attractions & Activities
Address: 600 E Boulevard Ave, Bismarck, ND 58505
Known as the "Skyscraper on the Prairie," the North Dakota's State Capitol towers over the city Bismarck like a proud parent. Completed in 1933, this Art Deco-style structure stands 19 stories and serves as a gateway of sorts between the state's past, present, and future. Also featured on the State House grounds are an arboretum garden and trail...
On-A-Slant Mandan Indian Village
Category: Historic Sites - Bismarck Attractions & Activities
Address: 4480 Ft. Lincoln Rd, Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park, Mandan, ND 58554
Located within the boundaries of one of North Dakota's most popular state parks, On-A-Slant Mandan Indian Village dates from the late 16th century, when a group of Mandan constructed and fortified a village on a peninsula carved into the west bank of the Missouri River. The Mandan prospered in their walled village for some 200 years, enjoying the...
Category: Historic Sites - Bismarck Attractions & Activities
Address: Standing Rock Indian Reservation, Fort Yates, ND
Situated on the western boundary of Fort Yates some two miles west of Highway 1806 is the burial site of the legendary Sioux leader, who was killed by authorities during the Ghost Dance Unrest of 1890. Sadly, there is little here to commemorate this noble warrior save for an inscribed boulder. Sitting Bull's "official" burial site is now in...
