When thinking about landmarks in Sturgis, the Massa-Berry Clinic has to come to mind. Yet, it almost never came to pass. For a year after the hospital was built, it would remain closed as a dispute threatened to end it before it ever really started. That dispute revolved around Dr.Read More →
History is often a mystery. It isn’t always a straightforward ordeal. One can almost describe it like a collection of puzzles. Some of the puzzles have all the pieces, and are packaged in a nice little box. Other puzzles appear as if a toddler found the collection and decided toRead More →
“A heart in the middle of Bismarck-Mandan, beating with the cadence of the Mandaree Singers. An older city within cities. Not a sister city. Not that, something else, perhaps a great matriarch.” That was the manner in which Ken Rogers described Chief Looking’s Village in 2003. The site had beenRead More →
A Past RestoredDustin White Steaming through Mandan, bell ringing, Northern Pacific 2660, was nearing the end of its life. It would only be in operation for around two decades, but during that time, it would become the pinnacle of steam power and locomotion. A Class A-3 locomotive, the 2660 wasRead More →