TALKING TRAIL

279 - Wamduska Square Schoolhouses

One-room schoolhouses were once a common feature of the Great Plains, dotting the countryside and providing rural children a basic education...

280 - Stump Lake Pavilion

The wooded shores of Stump Lake have been used for community and family outings since the earliest Pioneer days. On December 23, 1919, the Old

281 - Michigan Train Wreck

When the railroad came to Michigan, North Dakota, excitement, promise, and growth were evident in the community. However, the railroad also brought...

282 - A.M. Tofthagen Museum

In the heart of Lakota, stands the Tofthagen Library and Museum. A.M. Tofthagen was born in Hundorp, Norway in 1888. Like many Norweigians...

286 - Historical Trail

The Fort Totten Trail is an overland route that was used first by Indians and also by settlers moving with their wagons across the North Dakota prairie...

287 - Cook Car, Township Hall, & Barr House

Harvey and Maritt Aamot Barr called this farmhouse home. Built in 1915, the Barr house was considered large for its day, with one bedroom on the main...

288 - Log Cabin

The homestead opportunities of the late 1880s brought an influx of Norwegian immigrants to Nelson County. With the promise of their very own...

289 - Depot

In the late 1800s, the existence of small towns on the prairie largely depended on the railroad. A railroad through town would, in many cases, make or break...

290 - Main Street Museum

Walking into the Main Street Museum transports you back in time to a dusty street surrounded by the hustle and bustle of an old prairie town...

291- Machinery and Engine Building

Progress and innovation brings change, often seen in machines and implements used everyday. Tractors, firefighting equipment, snowmobiles, tools...

292 - Saw Mill, Flour Mill, and Blacksmith Shop

Frontier communities depended on certain trades to support and maintain their livelihood. Blacksmith shops, sawmills, and flour mills were critical to...

293 - Prairie Posse Gazebo

It had been nearly fifty years since a bank robbery was reported in Nelson County. And if one robbery wasn’t enough to rattle their quiet corner of the Upper Midwest...

294 - Petersburg Namesake

As new towns arose across North Dakota, the responsibility for naming them generally fell on the person that established them. Many early...

296 - Opera House

The pride of Petersburg, North Dakota was the Opera House, this one with a compelling beginning. The building, originally a schoolhouse, was built in...

297 - Snowmobile History

It is no secret that winters in North Dakota can be brutal, but did you know how beautiful they can be as well? Seeing the rolling snowdrifts that blanket the...

298 - Wamduska Hotel

In the late 1880s, the railroad was often the lifeline for young towns on the Northern Plains. Communities depended on it, not only as a means of...

283 - Johnson Store

Manville Arthur Johnson began his career as a handyman at the Michigan Mercantile Store in 1907. Through skill and ambition, he rose to become...

284 - Michigan Mini Mall and Bank

Generally speaking, life in Nelson County in the 1920s was relatively quiet. An early morning bank robbery on June 22, 1922 shattered the serenity of the...

285 - Stump Lake

Originally formed by glaciation, Stump Lake, as we know it today, began nearly 500 years ago when a great flood occurred in the valley of Wamduska...

295 - Whitetail Robbery

Banks aren’t the only businesses that have been robbed in Nelson County, though, for the most part, robberies had quieted down since the 1980s when...