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Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site
National Park
Category: Williston National Park in North Dakota
Description of this North Dakota Attraction: A trip to Fort Union takes you back in time to the mid-19th century, the heyday of Fort Union and the fur trade on the Upper Missouri river.
Tour the partially reconstructed fort and walk where many famous folk from several countries and cultures walked, folk such as Kenneth McKenzie, Alexander & Natawista Culbertson, Father Pierre DeSmet, Sitting Bull, Karl Bodmer, and Jim Bridger.
Fort Union Trading Post was the most important fur trading post on the upper Missouri from 1828 to 1867. At this post, the Assiniboine, Crow, Cree, Ojibway, Blackfeet, Hidatsa, and other tribes traded buffalo robes and other furs for trade goods such as beads, guns, blankets, knives, cookware, and cloth. Today, the reconstructed Fort Union represents a unique era in American history, a brief period when two radically different civilizations found common ground and mutual benefit through commercial exchange and cultural acceptance.
The Euro-Americans, Indians, and mixed-bloods who lived and traded at Fort Union were participants in a social experiment that expressed what today we would call multiculturalism. What they demonstrated was the possibility that people with radically different ethnic, linguistic, and cultural backgrounds could live and work together and merge their cultures in meaningful ways. It went to pieces because the citizens of the United States and their government were devoted to a unitary culture that refused to accommodate the range of differences visible every day at Fort Union. If a useful civics lesson can be drawn from the posts history, it may be that people need not necessarily embrace or fully understand someone elses culture in order to construct common ground or admit humanity with their neighbors.
Barton Barbour; Fort Union and the Upper Missouri Fur Trade, 2001
NPS Photo by Linda Gordon Rokosz
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Four Bears Casino and Lodge
Casino with lodging in New Town, ND
Category: New Town Casino in North Dakota
Description of this North Dakota Attraction: The 4 Bears Casino and Lodge sits on the banks of Lake Sakakawea, at the foot of North Dakota's longest bridge, the Four Bears Bridge. Around an hour south of the Saskatchewan, Canada, port of entry, Northgate, or from Minot, one of North Dakota's large cities, the 4 Bears Casino is a popular destination for Las Vegas style casino lovers. The casino is owned and operated by three affiliated tribes, the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara, on the Fort Berthold Reservation.
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Geographical Center of North America Monument
Category: Rugby Historic Site in North Dakota
Description of this North Dakota Attraction: In January 1931, an U.S. Geological Survey determined the center of North America in Pierce County. The Survey Bulletin Number 817 states:
“The geographic center on an area may be defined as that point on which the surface of the area would balance if it were a plane of uniform thickness, or in other words the center of gravity of the surface.
The triangular station is the reference point for all property lines and city, county, State and international boundaries on the North American Continent that are tied to the national triangulation network of the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Central America. This triangulation station is the base point of origin of geodetic positions and directions in the triangulation net of the United States because it is at the junction of the main east-west transcontinental triangulation arc stretching from the Atlantic to the pacific Coast and the main north-south arc, which follows approximately the 98th meridian from the Canadian border to the Rio Grande. The following position should be considered as approximations only.
North America Continent: Latitude 48° 21’ 19" longitude 99 59 57 West
The center is marked with a monument or cairn that is pyramid form in shape. It is 21 feet high, 6 feet wide at its base, and setting on a heart shaped foundation. It was built across the highway, Northwest of its present location, by W.B. Paterson and E.B. Paterson with the assistance from local Boy Scouts and other young men in the community. The Rugby Lions Club donated cement and other materials used in the construction. It was completed in August 1932.
It remained at that location until July 1971 when Highway 2 was four laned, and its location was becoming a frontage road. At that time it was moved to its present location on the southeast corner of the intersection of Highway 2 & 3. In 1955, work was done to beautify the area around the monument with a rock garden welcoming you, an information board, and three new flagpoles representing each of the countries making up North America. (Canada, United States, and Mexico)
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International Peace Garden
Tranquil place recognizing international friendship.
Category: Dunseith Scenic in North Dakota
Description of this North Dakota Attraction: Since 1932, nestled in the Turtle Mountains of North Dakota and Manitoba, the International Peace Garden is one of the continent’s most symbolic and scenic attractions. Thousand of tourist flocks to this unique tribute to peace and friendship between the people of the United States of America and the people of Canada.
The garden encompasses 2,300 acres of natures beauty; two pristine freshwater lakes, scenic hiking and driving trails, wildflowers, waterfalls, and a large variety of North American birds and animals. Modern and rustic camping facilities are available, as well as, facilities for hosting weddings, conventions, and reunions. Last, but not least, is the phenomenal Formal Garden. Words cannot express the beauty, pride and peace many experience as they gaze over this impressive garden of more than 155,000 flowers in displays tucked in the terraces and walkways of the garden. The therapeutic sounds of flowing waters can be heard throughout the garden in various capacities. At the far end of the garden, a 120-foot Peace Tower immerse symbolizing people from the four corners of the earth coming together to form two similar, but distinct nations, with a common base of democracy and beliefs. The American and Canadian floral flag displays are the only two floral displays throughout the garden, which remain the same every year. The working 13-foot floral clock displays 2,000 to 2,500 flowers each year depending on the design.
Repeated with many gardens of shrubs, annuals and perennials in the Sunken Garden Area is the octagonal design of the reflecting pool. The Sunken Garden Area was recently enhanced with the newly added gardens.
Peace rings in the International Peace Garden every inch of its being. Every fifteen minutes and on the hour, the lovely tones of the chimes can be heard from the Carillon Bell Tower. Peace Poles, presented by the Japanese Government, in which, “May Peace Prevail” is written in twenty-eight different languages. The Peace Chapel is the only building straddling the US and Canadian Border. The chapel features dozens of quotes from “People of Peace” etched into beautiful fossil embellished limestone walls. In the truly inspirational Garden’s Chapel lies open a book of remembrance, displaying the names of the victims of 9/11. The 9/11 Memorial Site, of twisted girders rescued from the World Trade Center devastation, are at rest, a symbol of peace and democracy.
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Jamestown Reservoir
45 miles of shoreline
Category: Jamestown Nature in North Dakota
Description of this Jamestown Attraction: Located just north of Jamestown. 45 miles of shoreline. Excellent fishing and recreational area, concessions, boat rental, handicap fishing docks, bait, modern campground, boat rentals, sailing, bird watching, 1.3 mile walking path, swimming beach, world-class disc golf course.
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Knife River Indian Villages National Park
Fun for all at Knife River.
Category: Stanton National Park in North Dakota
Description of this North Dakota Attraction: American Indians occupied this area for more than 11,000 years. Remains of three Hidatsa villages with 210 depressions at the site. Home of Sakakawea, modern museum, visitor center and movie.
Step into a reconstructed earthlodge and imagine boiling buffalo meat in a clay pot or pounding corn with a mortar and pestle. View the artistry of everyday and ceremonial clothing, bags, and implements. Listen to memories of traditional Hidatsa Indian life, then walk to Sakakawea Village site, where earthlodge depressions hint of life in a vibrant village, alive with games, ceremonies, and trade.
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