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What's New at the Website!
To assist frequent visitors to our website, our Webmaster would like to call specific attention to following recent changes.
Note: Changes to meeting and event schedules are frequent and will not be listed here.
Please provide comments and suggested changes to our webmaster either by placing suggestions in the guestbook on the home/[Welcome] page, or via email at webmaster@mandanhistory.org
September 5, 2023 - Area History - Mandan Timeline 1870s
With recent research focusing on the story before, during and after the construction of the Northern Pacific Railway's "High Bridge" across the Missouri River, additional information compiled prompts the addition of a new webpage for historical milestones associated with the 1870s.
Click the [Area History] --> [1870s] on the top ribbon tabs
June 22, 2024 - Legacy Biography - Tilden Russell Selmes, Jr
Tilden, a Yale-educated lawyer invested in a ranch 15 miles WSW of Mandan. Like his friend Theodore Roosevelt, they were unsuccessful ranchers. Selmes' daughter Isabella Ferguson Greenway King became the first woman elected to the US House of Representatives from Arizona.
Click the [Biographies S-Z] --> [Tilden Selmes, Jr] on the top ribbon tabs
June 9, 2024 - ND Memorial Bridge Updates
The existing webpage on the bridge between Mandan and Bismarck was enhanced with several new graphics and information developed during the Society's research of Red Trail / State Route 3 and the BNSF Railway's "High Bridge" at Bismarck.
To review, go to [Gone Forever] -> [ND Memorial Bridge]
May 7, 2024 - Gone Forever - State Route 3 / Red Trail
Local efforts to leverage the nostelgia into a Scenic Byway designation; or recycling a trail designator as a city street name don't do justice to its actual location. But the Mandan School District got it right... (Edits Made to 24Apr24 Version)
From the top ribbon, go to [Gone Forever] --> [Red Trail / State Route 3]
April 15, 2024 Area Landmarks - Liberty Memorial Bridge (2008)
The two-lane steel-arch bridge across the Missouri River which opened in 1922 and completed the final piece to US Highway 10 was replaced in 2008 with a four-lane vehicle bridge with pedestrian walkway of a steel box design. Both were dedicated to the men and women who served in the US military.
From the top ribbon, go to [Area Landmarks] --> [2nd Liberty Mem'l Bridge]
February 25, 2024 Area Landmarks - "Whispering Giants" Sculpture
Peter Toth carved an Indianhead wood sculpture in all 50 states to honor and bring awareness to plight of Native American nations; posting was updated with info on the 2013 & 2020 damage and subsequent repairs.
From the top ribbon, go to [Area Landmarks] --> [Whispering Giant Statue]
February 14, 2024 Biography Update - Ronald Erhardt
Thanks to information provided by his daughter Elizabeth, the biography of a former head coach of the New England Patriots was corrected and enhanced with more specific details of his family life.
This webpage is at [Biographies D-L] --> [Ronald Erhardt]
The MHSoc's museum and office is located at 3827 30th Avenue NW; Mandan, ND 58554 Contact us at info@mandanhistory.org
