North Dakota Historic Sites
Oak Lawn Church State Historic Site
A plaque marks the location of the Presbyterian church built in 1885
Walhalla State Historic Site
Birthplace of St. Joseph, a community created in 1848
Gingras Trading Post State Historic Site
Between 1843 and 1873
Sweden State Historic Site
This site marks the location of the former Sweden Post Office, established in 1879
Fort Mandan Overlook State Historic Site
The site overlooks the area where Lewis and Clark established their headquarters for the winter of 1804-05
Fort Buford State Historic Site
Established in 1866 at the confluence of the Missouri and Yellowstone rivers, Fort Buford became a major supply depot for military field operations. Site of Sitting Bull's surrender in 1881
Steamboat Warehouse State Historic Site
An interpretive marker denotes the site of a Northern Pacific Railroad Company warehouse that was built in 1883
Camp Kimball State Historic Site
This was the campsite of the Sibley Expedition on July 22-23, 1863
Chaska (Camp Banks) State Historic Site
Approximate location of Camp Banks, the campsite of the Sibley Expedition on Aug. 2, 1863
Camp Buell State Historic Site
The Sibley Expedition camped at this site July 3-4, 1863
Hudson Townsite State Historic Site
A commemorative marker shows the original 1883
Saint Claude State Historic Site
Site contains the archaeological remains of an 1882
Camp Grant State Historic Site
A small tablet mounted on a large boulder commemorates the July 23 campsite of the 1863
Camp Weiser State Historic Site
A small granite marker identifies this site as the approximate location of the July 13-14
Palmer's Spring State Historic Site
Site served as weigh station on Fort Totten-Fort Stevenson Trail. It was here on Aug. 23, 1868, that a mail wagon was attacked by Indians, killing three soldiers from the 31
Double Ditch Indian Village State Historic Site
Site contains ruins of large Mandan Indian earthlodge village believed to have been inhabited for nearly 300 years until 1781
Fort Clark State Historic Site
Fort Clark was built in 1830-31 by the American Fur Company to serve a Mandan Indian earthlodge village built on the site in 1822
Menoken Indian Village State Historic Site
Site preserves a prehistoric village dating to the early 1200s. Site is a National Historic Landmark
Camp Whitney State Historic Site
This is the approximate location of a campsite used by the 1863
Fort Seward Military Post
Established in 1872
Camp Corning State Historic Site
The granite marker commemorates the July 17-18 campsite of the 1863
Camp Arnold State Historic Site
The site marks the Aug. 14 campsite of the 1863
Camp Sheardown State Historic Site
A bronze marker identifies this 1863
Buffalo Creek State Historic Site
Marker designates area crossed by Gen. Henry H. Sibley and his military expedition on Aug. 16, 1863. His expedition included 3,300 soldiers and 200
Camp Atchison State Historic Site
Site marks the location of 1863 Sibley Expedition camp. The site, which contains a memorial marker, was garrisoned by 1,000
Lake Jessie State Historic Site
Campsite of the Nicollet-Fremont Expedition in 1839, the Isaac I. Stevens railroad survey party in the 1850
Lake Johnson State Historic Site
The site honors George T. Johnson, Company G, 3rd Illinois Cavalry, who drowned in the lake during the 1863
Fort Ransom State Historic Site
Location of a 200-man military post built in 1867 by Gen. Alfred Terry and named for Civil War Gen. Thomas Ransom. The post was active from 1867 to 1872
Fort Abercrombie State Historic Site
The site preserves the first United States military post in North Dakota. The post was used from 1857 to 1878
Chimney Park State Historic Site
This site memorializes the life of Antoine de Vallombrosa, the Marquis de Mores, who arrived here in 1883
Fort Dilts State Historic Site
On this site in 1864
Cannonball Stage Station State Historic Site
This historic site marks the location of a stagecoach station on the Bismarck-to-Deadwood Trail, used from 1877-1880
Fort Rice State Historic Site
Military post established in 1864
Sitting Bull Burial State Historic Site
The site marks the original burial ground of Hunkpapa Sioux leader Sitting bull, who was killed on Dec. 15, 1890
Initial Rock Interpretive Site
Site in the Badlands along Davis Creek showcases rocky outcropping with signatures carved by two of Custer'
Sully's Heart River Corral State Historic Site
This site marks as base camp established by General Alfred Sully during his 1864 campaign. Rifle pits were dug around the circled wagons but the camp was never attacked;