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We're trying to keep it that way, so you can enjoy yourself . more. In Roosevelt Park you'll see live buffalo ... just as in the days of Cody and Custer. The air is clean out here, the sunshine bright, the people friendly. Wouldn't this year be a good year for you to find out for yourself? Sincerely, Jim Hawley, Director North Dakota Travel Department State Capitol Bismarck, North Dakota Cute, curious and always hungry . these frolicking, furry prairie dogs are popular camera game. tum fk excilewtewt 4 ih OLD WEST Uta MODERN SETTING Many of the nation's top rodeo stars started as cowboys on North Dakota ranches. You can see them ride at our weekly cow country contests. Infantry Blockhouse at Fort McKeen (near Mandan), where troopers of Custer's 7th Cavalry stood guard over Fort Abraham Lincoln, on the "big muddy" Missouri river banks. Yes, there are still Indians here . .• as in New York, Oklahoma and Wisconsin. The cowboy is here, too . on horseback or in a jeep. (But on week-ends they probably go fishing Mount up . and ride the rugged Badlands trails. or water-skiing.) You'll feel the Old West come alive as you roam where Whatever your taste in fun . from Teddy Roosevelt chased rustlers and hunted buffalo. rock-collecting to rodeos . you'll find it in North Dakota. The colorful history and scenic beauty of the Old West is right outside your motel or hotel door! 9R KwtfeVakeio. NfllUKAL UMVt ia UIWIMMM! Following a wilderness trail on horseback, or viewing them from In every season, our scenic wonders will call you back. an automobile or on foot, the North Dakota Badlands are as fresh Ski the thrilling slopes, walk through powdery white and unspoiled as the day that Mother Nature created them drifts, or photograph the ermine trimmed trees . centuries ago. there's winter fun for everyone. In the quiet, sun-warmed waters of our many lakes you can feel the relaxing tonic of unspoiled nature. Watch the last rays of sunset paint vivid hues on sky and landscape . you'll treasure these moments for a lifetime. O STATE CAPITOL: At Bismarck see the 18-story O HEART OF THE CONTINENT: An impressive skyscrapercapitol building .. the State Historical cairn at Rugby marks the geographical center Society Museum of early-day Indian and military of North America. relics . the Camp Hancock Museum. Just 0 PEACE GARDEN: In the Turtle Mountains an across the Missouri River, at Mandan, visit the eternal monument to peace and friendship be site of Fort Abraham Lincoln where Custer's 7th tween the United States and Canada, are the Cavalry started its trek to the Little Big Horn . beautiful formal International Peace Gardens. see picturesque blockhouses ... enjoy the colorful outdoor drama, "Trail West." O LAKE METIGOSHE State Park nestles in the heart of the scenic Turtle Mountains. Modern O THEODORE ROOSEVELT NATIONAL MEMO facilities welcome you to enjoy camping, hunt RIAL PARK: In the heart of the North Dakota Bad ing, swimming and fishing on the shores of Lake lands, you'll thrill to brilliantly colored tablelands Metigoshe. and buttes—as you drive through the North and South units. Spectacular view of the Grand Can 0 FORT TOTTEN STATE PARK: The only cavalry yon of the Little Missouri . petrified forests . square of its type still intact is found in the Park, abutting Fort Totten Indian Reservation —home prairie dog town . the Maltese Cross Ranch of the Cut Head Sioux and Chippewa Indians. Cabin of Teddy Roosevelt ... an underground The old fort, now undergoing a restoration pro lignite vein burning for years. Excellent hiking gram, contains an excellent pioneer museum. and riding trails. At Medora, visit the Chateau Nearby is Sully's Hill National Game Reserve, de Mores ... a 28-room museum formerly the with its herds of buffalo, elk and deer. mansion of a wealthy French nobleman and legendary figure of the 80's. In the evening, an © TURTLE RIVER STATE PARK: Along U. S. outdoor drama for the whole family, "Old Four Highway No. 2 is this scenic, restful spot . with Eyes." picnic and bathing facilities, modern overnight cabins. 0 "LOST BRIDGE" ROAD: One of the most scenic drives in North Dakota . skirts the Kill O PEMBINA MOUNTAIN SCENIC ROUTE: deer Mountains, scene of the "Battle of the Kill- nice side-trip, especially for visitors from Canada. deers" between the Sioux and General Sully . Three routes from Walhalla travel picturesque drops 700 feet from the foothills to the beautiful wooded mountains through scenic and historic sites. Badlands of the Little Missouri River . wends through colorful bottomlands. All hard-surface 0 FORT ABERCROMBIE: In 1857 this was the from Killdeer north to Junction Highway No. 23. western outpost of the settlers' advance. Authen tic restored infantry blockhouses and museum. 0 OIL FIELDS: Between Dickinson and Medora you'll see the Fryburg oil fields. In the Tioga- 0 BALD HILL DAM: North of Valley City, here Williston area, the famous Beaver Lodge-Tioga is 40-mile-long Lake Ashtabula, man-made to fields, where oil flows from two mile depths under trap the waters of the Sheyenne. Swimming, rich agricultural cropland. In north central North boating, fishing for northern pike. Dakota you'll see grotesquely-shaped pumpers © BIGGEST BUFFALO: On a hill overlooking bring up crude from shallow oil fields. Interstate Highway No. 94, near Jamestown, you'll 0 COAL MINES: Above-ground mining of the see the world's largest buffalo . one that Paul Bunyan missed. Also at Jamestown, fish, swim world's largest single concentrated solid fuel re or go boating near the Jamestown dam . and serve—lignite. visit Livesay Floral Park. 0 MIGHTY GARRISON: Rapidly developing rec 0 WHITESTONE HILL HISTORIC SITE ... scene reational areas dot the 1,500-mile shoreline of of North Dakota's most savage Indian-U. S. cavalry the giant lake created by Garrison Dam, key battle. Site includes imposing granite monument structure in control of the Missouri River . of cavalry bugler with graves of soldiers who died state parks, fishing and picnic sites, boating, there gathered at the base. Museum contains swimming areas, wildlife refuges. Tours avail Indian artifacts and other historical relics. A able of the intake structure and power house. pleasant side trip 15 miles west of U. S. 281. Wk&w&i yew got Hcm'o MORE h dd... What do you like to do? Climb a butte? (White Butte is 3,506 feet high.) Swim? Fish? Water-ski? Ride Horse-back? Hunt fowl or game? Or maybe you like to be entertained . MOREto&ee by natural beauty . historical sites . rodeos . Indian dances . museums . outdoor dramas? Come to North Dakota— there's something to see and do that matches every taste. nmmii «IIIIMOH1 Our miniature great lakes are ideal for sailing . and there's plenty of room for water-skiing and power boating, too. It's more scenic and safer in North Dakota. Pheasant, duck, geese, partridge —you'll find them in North Dakota in season. To say nothing of deer and antelope. It all adds up to the best variety of good hunting in the midwest. The buffalo that fed Custer's Canada and the United States pledge themselves to cavalry and the "gandy-dancers" building on Jim Hill's railroad lasting friendship in the 2,200 acre International have now been pretty well Peace Gardens in the Turtle Mountains. Beautifully replaced with thousands of landscaped formal gardens. Angus, Hereford and Shorthorns ... all branded . that make up North Dakota's million dollar livestock industry. It. .•£*< Most fascinating little animals you've ever seen—these playful prairie dogs. You'll find them in the Badlands in "Prairie Dog Town." " p £nj*uj Opm Ah Fan and Outdrnfi VKOMM The great free sweep of our broad state is felt in every activity and event. North Dakotan's are hardy, happy folks who enjoy outdoor life . and they want you to share it with them. Thousands have thrilled to General Custer's sharp commands and the stirring words of Teddy Roosevelt at outdoor dramas near Mandan and Medora. Watch history unfold under a roof of stars at the places where these famous men made history. If you like fishing, North Dakota lakes offer trout, Drive the tree-lined river roads, country trails of pike, sauger, walleye, bass, many panfish. Special the wide, open spaces . you'll feel the friendly licenses for visitors are available at sporting goods spirit of our state in every mile you travel.