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There are many state and national historic sites in North Dakota. Legends like Lewis and Clark, George Custer, Sitting Bull and Teddy Roosevelt all passed through ND. The state has re-enactment events scheduled throughout the year. Many of the historic sites in North Dakota commemorate a battle between US troops and Native Indians, forts built in the 1800s, trading posts, explorations and other historic events and places. Some have picnic areas, shelters and restrooms. Others are simply a marker.Due to the amount of space, this is a partial list.
Fort Abercrombie State Historic Site
the first US military post
in ND, used from 1857-1878
Abercrombie
Camp Atchison State Historic Site
location of Sibley Expedition
1863 camp
Binford
Chief Looking's Village
ancient American Indian village site,
self guided tour
Bismarck
Double Ditch Indian Village State Historic Site
ruins of large
Mandan Indian earthlodge village, built before 1781
Bismarck
Former Governors' Mansion State Historic Site
restored Victorian
house and carriage house, built 1864
Bismarck
Buffalo Creek State Historic Site
marks the spot where General
Sibley crossed with troops in 1863
Buffalo
Camp Kimball State Historic Site
campsite of Sibley expedition,
1863
Carrington
Maple Creek Crossing State Historic Site
marks crossing on Pembina
trail, route for settlers
Chaffee
Lake Johnson State Historic Site
George Johnson of Company G,
3rd Illinois Calvary drowned in lake during 1863 Sibley expedition
Cooperstown
Camp Corning State Historic Site
campsite of 1863 Sibley expedition
Dazey
Medicine Rock State Historic Site
ancient and sacred American
Indiana gathering place for dance ceremonies
Elgin
Palmer's Spring State Historic Site
site of Indian attack in 1868
Esmond
Bismarck Deadwood Stage Trail
marker for stage trail between Bismarck
and Deadwood from 1877-1880
Flasher
Fort Ransom State Historic Site
military post built in 1867, active
post till 1872
Fort Ransom
Fort Rice
built in 1864 to protect settlers in Dakota territory
Fort Rice
Fort Totten State Historic Site
built 1867, used as military reservation
and then a boarding school for Indian children
Fort Totten
Sittin Bull Burial State Historic Site
burial siteof Sitting Bull
of Hunkpapa Souix, killed December 15, 1890
Fort Yates
Writing Rock State Historic Site
2 large boulders with Indian
Pictographs
Grenora
Standing Rock State historic site
Inyan Bosendata,Souix believe
this place to be sacred, prehistoric burial mounds
Kathryn
Killdeer Mountain Battlefield State Historic site
1864 battle
between US troopsand Souix Indians
Killdeer
Whitestone Hill Battlefield State Historic Site
battle between
US troops and Sioux, 1863
Kulm
Chateau de Mores State historic Site
2 story building built 1883
Medora
Knife River Indian Villages National historic site
Stanton
Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site - is located 25 miles southwest of Williston. It was built in 1828.
Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site is located north of Stanton on the Knife River. It is here that the Native American Sakakawea joined up with Lewis and Clark on their expedition. The historic site has a museum, a earthlodge, a visitor center that features interpretive trails.