2026 Lewis & Clark side trip – part 32: Theodore Roosevelt National Park
We visited this national park on our 2020 trip to North Dakota and really enjoyed the park and the town of Medora. When we heard that Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library...
2026 Lewis & Clark trip – part 31: more about about how the Mandan lived over hundreds of years
So often when we think of Native Americans who lived in the American Old West, we see pictures of tipis, bison, and soldiers in forts. What we’ve been learning, and...
2026 Lewis & Clark trip – part 30: two looks at Mandan village earth lodges
Fort Abraham Lincoln outside of Bismark/Mandan is the location of the Slant tribe of the Mandan who lived here hundreds of years ago. Smallpox hit this village, and so many...
2026 Lewis & Clark trip – part 29: the Corps of Discovery at Fort Mandan
As well as showing us a replica of Fort Mandan that the Corps of Discovery had built for their 5-month winter stay close to the Mandan and Hidatsa tribes and...
2026 Lewis & Clark trip – part 28: the Mandan and Hidatsa tribes kept the expedition alive, helped them plan their trip west, and introduced them to Sakakawea
While walking through the interpretive center, we learned so much about the Lewis & Clark expedition and how they made it through the winter, as well as learned about the...