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Sunday, July 13, 2008 --- 56 days ago http://www.gadling.com/2008/07/13/great-american-road-trip-history-lesson-fort-a
 Filed under: Arts and Culture , History , Learning , Festivals and Events , Stories , Budget Travel Although we head to Montana every summer, each year holds something different. Even if we travel on the same highway, we'll take in something new. This time, I found Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park in Mandan, North Dakota, a few miles from Bismarck. This is a perfect place for brushing up on a history lesson and getting a sense of what life was like on the Great Plains back when the Mandan Indians and Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer lived here. The Mandans lived between the deep ravine and the Missouri River from 1575-1781 prior to Lewis and Clark's arrival on the scene. Custer and his gang were later than that, but now, each part of history converges in the state run park. Even though the fort was abandoned back in 1882, and the settlers took down many of the buildings for lumber, Custer's house, army barracks, a granary and the stable have been either refurbished or reconstructed. There are stone markers that show where the missing buildings used to be. We were lucky enough to roll into the parking lot ten minutes before the 1:00 p.m. interpretive tour. The tour, conducted by a dashing fellow in period army uniform, centered mostly on the house, but included what life was like for everyone from the soldiers to Elizabeth "Libbie" Custer , Custer's wife. She was living here when he died at the Battle of Little Big Horn. In case you're ... |
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