P A G E 3 3 M I N O T D A I L Y N E W S 2 0 1 4 HOMETOWN HITS & MISSES Jill Schramm/MDN Doris Tank, center, a volunteer with the Heart of America Auxiliary, assists care center residents Delphia Moors and Arnold Hanson with bingo July 30. During the school year, Rugby’s three sixth-grade classes take turns in making seven weekly visits to the skilled-care cen- ter, where each student is partnered with a resident for the duration. “Those sixth-graders really enjoy being here,” Duchscher said. The auxiliary also has a craft group that meets at the hospital to make craft items to sell in the gift shop or at the auxiliary’s fall bazaar. One volunteer makes doughnuts every other Monday and delivers them to resi- dents for coffee time. HAMC staff can buy the doughnuts, with proceeds going to the auxiliary. A board of 11 women oversees the aux- iliary’s activities and fund raising. “These ladies let no grass grow under their feet. It’s a very busy board,” Duchscher said. Each spring, a luncheon is held to honor volunteers, who last year donated about 12,000 hours and generated $15,000 that went back into the facility or Haaland Estates. Over the years, the donations have gone to purchase high-low beds, an MRI table for radiology, items for the activity department, wheelchairs and to redecorate admissions and surgical waiting areas, along with many other projects. The auxil- iary has donated to the HAMC Foundation for larger projects. The auxiliary has a routine for fundrais- ing that has residents around the region marking their calendars. “We are known for our fundraising,” Anderson said. Help Continued from Page 32 See HELP — Page 34
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Jill Schramm/MDNDoris Tank, center, a volunteer with the Heart of America Auxiliary, assists care center residents Delphia Moors and Arnold Hanson with bingo July 30.
During the school year, Rugby’s threesixth-grade classes take turns in makingseven weekly visits to the skilled-care cen-ter, where each student is partnered with aresident for the duration.
The auxiliary also has a craft group thatmeets at the hospital to make craft items tosell in the gift shop or at the auxiliary’s fallbazaar.
One volunteer makes doughnuts everyother Monday and delivers them to resi-dents for coffee time. HAMC staff can buythe doughnuts, with proceeds going to theauxiliary.
A board of 11 women oversees the aux-iliary’s activities and fund raising.
“These ladies let no grass grow undertheir feet. It’s a very busy board,”Duchscher said.
Each spring, a luncheon is held tohonor volunteers, who last year donatedabout 12,000 hours and generated $15,000that went back into the facility or HaalandEstates. Over the years, the donations havegone to purchase high-low beds, an MRItable for radiology, items for the activitydepartment, wheelchairs and to redecorate
admissions and surgical waiting areas,along with many other projects. The auxil-iary has donated to the HAMC Foundationfor larger projects.
The auxiliary has a routine for fundrais-ing that has residents around the regionmarking their calendars.
In September, a Menoken vendor brings injewelry, scarves and purses for sale, with aportion of the profits going to the auxiliary.
“It’s really well received, not just by theemployees, but we get a lot of outside shop-pers,” Schneibel said. People come fromDevils Lake, Dunseith, Rolla, Towner,Maddock and other communities.
The fall bazaar takes place in October. Twoboard members take charge of the lefse mak-ing, which brings volunteers together forabout three days to make more than 1,000rounds of lefse. Those packages get snappedup immediately at the bazaar. One year, thelefse sold out in 35 minutes.
Other volunteers donate homemade bakedgoods and canned goods for the bazaar, all ofwhich disappears by the end of the day. Theauxiliary also serves pie and coffee and holdsa raffle.
Another fundraiser is Books are Fun. Avendor with books and games sets up at thecenter and donates a percentage to the auxil-iary.
In February, auxiliary board members and afew other volunteers go out in groups to deliv-er singing valentines and plates of homemade,
Jill Schramm/MDNVolunteer Lois Volk escorts resident Elizabeth Burckhard from morningMass in the Heart of America care center July 30.
beautifully decorated cookies for $10 dona-tions. This past year they sang to 276 people.
The annual salad luncheon occurs inMarch. Volunteers prepare and serve 50 to60 salads.
They also raise money through theHeart to Heart Gift Shop. Heart of Americahas one of the few hospital gift shops in thestate still run entirely by volunteers.
Considerable support comes from a pro-gram called Tree of Giving, Caring andSharing. The program provides a way forpeople to give memorial money or gifts inhonor of someone.
Schneibel said one of the main recipi-ents of donations is the hospice program.Donations have been used for supplies,equipment and educational materials inthat program. The auxiliary also redecorat-ed a room to create a comfort care room,where family can be in a pleasant environ-ment with their loved one in hospice.
This past year, the auxiliary used itsfunds to redecorate skilled-care center din-ing rooms and update pictures on thewalls.
The auxiliary is aided by other organi-zations in the area. Anderson said churchgroups often organize activities for themonthly birthday parties at the care center.Churches from as far away as Willow Cityand Leeds and volunteers from the RugbyEagles or local senior citizens club havedonated their time.
Whether a regular volunteer with theauxiliary or a one-time volunteer fromanother group, a final reason to donatetime to HAMC is the feeling of apprecia-tion that comes from the cards of thanksand verbal expressions of gratitude.
“We don’t need to be paid, but we needto thanked,” said Tank, who noted that shehas never volunteered a day without hear-ing a ‘thank you’ from the staff.
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Jill Hambek/MDNEsther Aldrich, right, looks at the schedule of appointments on the computer shown to her by office manager Allison Berisko at Satori Skin andBody Center in Minot. Aldrich is an acupuncturist with the center.
in 1972 when then President Richard Nixonvisited China. In that same year, the firstlegal acupuncture center in the U.S. wasestablished in Washington, D.C.
From 1973 to 1974, that center sawapproximately 1,000 patients. Now it’s esti-mated that each year around 10 millionacupuncture treatments are administered inthe United States.
Acupuncture treatments are available inMinot, including at Satori Skin and Body
Center, located at 1360-20th Ave. SW, a rel-atively new business. It’s a professional, lux-ury aesthetics center providing quality skinand body care services and products. Theyoffer basic facials, advanced skin care treat-ments, cosmetic acupuncture and bodywraps.
Esther Aldrich, a relatively new employ-ee at Satori Skin and Body Center, has morethan 4,000 hours of basic training and manyadditional advanced certifications. She has amaster’s degree in traditional Chinese medi-cine as well as advanced training in cosmet-ic acupuncture, fertility acupuncture andpulse diagnosis. Aldrich divides her timebetween Minot and Minneapolis and is here
for approximately two weeks each month. Also available at Satori Skin and Body
Center is gua sha, a scraping therapy wherethe skin is scraped to produce light bruising.It’s a traditional Chinese medical treatmentbelieved to release unhealthy elements frominjured areas and stimulate blood flow andhealing. Additionally, cupping therapy isavailable at the center as well. Cupping is anancient Chinese form of alternative medi-cine in which a local suction is created onthe skin, and is believed to mobilize bloodflow in order to promote healing.
“There seems to be a lot of people inter-ested in acupuncture here,” Aldrich said.
There also seems to be a few misconcep-
tions about acupuncture. People aren’taware that there’s training involved or aboutthe level of education, Aldrich said. “I did alot of training.” However, most people whoare interested in acupuncture are informedabout it, she added.
Staci Borkhuis, chiropractor atCornerStone Chiropractic and client ofSatori Skin and Body Center, said peoplearen’t aware that the services at Satori existand that acupuncture can be perceived aspainful or scary. “But it’s incredibly benefi-cial with amazing results,” she added.
Satori Skin and Body Center, Aldrich saidshe would conduct an intake evaluation ofthe person. That involves Aldrich askingthe person a few basic questions about hisor her body and what that person’s com-plaint is. She also looks at the person’s pulseand chooses points based on that, sheadded.
“She doesn’t ask for a significant numberof symptoms or prior diagnoses,” Borkhuissaid, to specify. Instead, Aldrich would askif the person is usually warm or cold orwhat kind of foods he or she craves.
“It’s a different view of health than whatpeople are used to in western medicine,”Borkhuis added.
Aldrich said acupuncture, as well as theother services offered at Satori, offers a dif-ferent approach to wellness and looks athow the body functions. “We’re concernedabout people’s emotions and what they eat,”she added.
As a note, the needles used in acupunc-ture are 1/100th of a syringe needle, or thesize of one human hair, Aldrich said. “Theneedles are super small and only go in theskin to the second layer.” The techniquesused in acupuncture, gua sha, or cuppingare also slightly different on the person’sface, too.
People come back to the Satori Skin andBody Center because of the results, Aldrichsaid. Individual results vary, she added, butpeople feel satisfied after coming there anda lot of people have experienced many ben-efits.
“I have gotten amazing results fromacupuncture and that, combined withEsther’s skill, has been a good combina-tion,” Borkhuis said. “She’s a good additionbecause she brings a fresh perspective toallow us to keep to (Satori’s) motto of awak-ening healthy skin.” She gets acupuncturedone once a week, she added.
The World Health Organization recog-nizes over 40 different conditions thatacupuncture is useful for, Aldrich said.Most people come in for cosmetic reasons,though, she added. A session for cosmeticacupuncture is 90 minutes, which includesa luxury facial treatment. That’s to makesure the skin is clean, Aldrich said. “You getgreat products on your skin.”
Aldrich said she gained an interest inacupuncture and other techniques throughher own personal health journey. “My bodywasn’t responding to hypothyroid medica-tion,” she continued. “But I saw results fromacupuncture. I thought it was ridiculous atfirst, but it worked and it sparked my curios-ity and I decided to get my master’s in it.”
EstherAldrich,acupunc-turist, left,does askin treat-mentprocess onone of herclients,StaciBorkhuis,at SatoriSkin andBodyCenter inMinot.Whileacupunc-ture is nota new pro-cedure, itis a rela-tively newoffering inMinot. Submitted photo
Bottineau’s Entrepreneurial Center forHorticulture is a local treasure, said peoplewho have profited from its advice and fromits bounty.
The Center, which has been in existencefor seven years, assists small to mid-sizefarmers and gardeners all over the state pro-duce organic and specialty vegetables forsale.
That help can come in a variety of ways,said executive director Holly Rose Mawby.
Some small farmers might gain valuableinformation from a newsletter that theCenter puts out. Others get one-on-one assis-tance in whatever area they need help with,from instructors who travel all over the stateto meet with them at their business.
“The majority of our work takes place allover the state,” said Mawby.
The day before she had been at a farmer’smarket in Dickinson and had stopped at agarlic grower’s business in McClusky.
“It’s exciting to see all the things that are
grown in North Dakota,” said Mawby.Mawby said she and other
Entrepreneurial Center employees mighthelp a farmer with advice on vegetableproduction or business planning or farmfood safety.
Some farmers might benefit fromadvice for planning what to grow nextspring or make use of a record-keepingprogram called Veggie Compass that helpstrack labor input, harvest and determinethe financial bottom line for the crops theyare growing.
“We don’t deal with a lot of backyard
gardeners,” said Mawby. “We try to makethat distinction a lot. If you’re growingthem for sale, which is the definition of acrop, you’re a farmer.”
Many of the farmers have sought adviceon how to grow crops with food safetyguidelines in mind. That might includemaking some easy changes such as water-ing with overhead sprinklers instead ofwith a soaker hose, said Mawby.
Farmers who make use of theEntrepreneurial Center’s services include
Dakota Collegeat BottineauʼsEntrepreneurialCenter forHorticulture features gardens.Submitted photo
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Lindsay Ostlie, who operates Ostlie’sSunny Side Acres in Carrington, said thisis the first year she has had a crop to sell,but she has gotten advice from the
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“Keith even came out and helped meput up my high tunnel,” said Ostlie. Andwhen the high tunnel was damaged in arecent wind storm, said Ostlie, “They werethe people I contacted about what’s thenext step and how do we go about trying to
fix it.”The Ostlies bought their farm three
years ago. Lindsay Ostlie grew up on aranch near Watford City and always had abig garden growing up.
The operation she has in mind goes abit beyond that kitchen garden.
“Ultimately, I’m going to have fruit bemy biggest thing,” said Ostlie. “Right nowmy plants are young and they aren’t pro-ducing yet.”
So far Ostlie’s Sunny Side Acres is afamily operation, with friends helping outon occasion. Ostlie has marketed her pro-duce through advertising on Facebook orword of mouth.
She said she has also gotten some valu-able advice from a local food meeting runby the Entrepreneurial Center forHorticulture.
Submitted photoRipe vegetables from the college garden are distributed to members of the Community Supported Agriculture program.
Mawby said the Entrepreneurial Centerfor Horticulture helps about 20 farmersacross the state intensively, while theyhave interacted with about 100 farmersacross the state. Some 350 farmers inNorth Dakota receive the newsletter thatthe Center puts out.
Dakota College at Bottineau also has a
demonstration site, with seven high tun-nels. Farmers can see what produce can begrown inside the high tunnels that helpextend the growing season in NorthDakota’s harsh climate. A wash/pack facil-ity is being built on the campus that willopen in October. It will be used to demon-strate food safety practices, said Mawby.
Food from the gardens at the college aredistributed to members of the CommunitySupported Agriculture program. Memberspay up front in the spring for a partial or
full share of the produce that is harvestedeach week from the gardens.
“They get a bag of whatever’s ripe,” saidMawby. In late July, the bounty from thegarden was mostly salad greens.
While Bottineau’s CSA program is rela-tively small, there are similar operations inthe state that have up to 200 members.
“It’s very popular,” said Mawby.“They’re convenient for the people ... it’salways fresh, it’s what’s in season, it’s real-ly popular.”
Bruce and Carolyn Adams, who movedto Lake Metigoshe from Minot about nineyears ago, said they bought a full share inthe CSA at Dakota College at Bottineau thissummer.
When they still farmed, they alwayshad a garden. However, they have discov-ered that deer nibble away at the veggies ingardens grown at Lake Metigoshe.
Now the CSA is a good way for them to
Submitted photoBroccoli is among the crops grown in the college garden.
get fresh vegetables in a convenient way.“It’s just such a great way for us to have
fresh produce and to support our local col-lege as well,” said Carolyn Adams.
They end up giving away some of the pro-duce they receive from the college, but finda good use for the rest.
“We both love to cook,” said CarolynAdams.
When the greens were in season, theAdams ate a lot of salads of all types, usingsome of the recipes provided by the CSA.They make their own homemade saladdressing to go with each type of salad green.
“We are certainly trying to think of everypossible way to use greens,” said CarolynAdams.
In addition to salad, they turned the kaleinto kale chips. When they get herbs fromthe college’s herb garden, they use it to gar-nish fish from the lake. Zucchini and onionsare used to make kebobs.
The Adams said they usually try to eat ahealthy diet, but the produce from the CSAis a big help.
“This has really encouraged us to eat ourveggies more than once a day,” said CarolynAdams. “We kind of call it our surprisefarmer’s market because we don’t knowwhat we’re going to get!”
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Submitted photoSome crops are grown in high tunnels, like this one.
science and a community that caught hisenthusiasm are responsible for an work ofbeauty and engineering in a most unexpectedplace.
North Dakota’s Stonehenge of the prairie islocated about 13 miles northwest of Bottineauin the hills along Scenic Highway 43.Carefully laid out to mark the winter and
summer solstices and spring and fall equinox,along with a sundial and a scope for viewingthe North Star, the project known as MysticalHorizons was completed in 2005, four yearsafter the death of the visionary who dreamedit up.
Jack Olson was a Bottineau area nativewho worked as an engineer for many years forBoeing, accumulating hundreds of patents forinventions as simple as a device for pluckingpickles from a jar and as complex as a spacetelescope.
Olson, diagnosed with cancer, spent the
final years of his life in the Turtle Mountains,where he had grown up. It was there that hisbusy mind began designing his modernStonehenge.
He presented his plan to the BottineauCounty Commission. However, he returned toWashington state prior to his death his 2001,believing that his dream would die with him.
Unknown to him, then county auditor MaeStreich saw potential and encouraged thecommission to pursue the idea.
Pillars withslots that capture thesunʼs rays atthe start ofeach new season standbehind anobservatorywall. TheStonehengereplica attractsvisitors to witness thesolstices andequinoxes atMysticalHorizons.Jill Schramm/MDN
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There never was a questionabout going forward with the proj-ect, Streich said. Commissionershad their doubts that supporterscould pull it off, but they were will-ing to help them try, she said.There was not a discouraging worduttered as the project graduallylabored forward, she said.
“No one could say it wasn’t
going to be completed. Once it wascompleted, I think we were allvery, very pleased with the results,”she said.
Trevor Christianson andBradley Robertson with WoldEngineering in Bottineau wereamong promoters of the project.
The county approachedRobertson, currently a professionalland surveyor with WoldEngineering in Bottineau, to bringOlson’s concept to reality.
“It didn’t take me long to say yes
– a matter of seconds,” Robertsonsaid. “Then it really sunk in.”
All he had to work with wasOlson’s sketch. Despite being welldrawn out, the plan left a lot ofwork to do to bring the project tofruition.
It involved determining the bestheight and spacing for the wallsand pillars. Robertson said theobservatory wall was built lowenough to be usable for children as
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well as adults while remainingunobtrusive to not detract fromthe area’s natural beauty.
The construction includesthree sets of concrete pillars. Theslot between the northern set oftwo pillars is aligned with the rayof the sun as it sits on the horizonduring the summer solstice. Thesouthern set of pillars is aligned to
the winter solstice and the middleset of pillars is aligned to theequinoxes. The pillar slots alignwith the viewing station in theobservatory.
Robertson said he designed theslots wide enough to provide a10-minute window for people toview the solstices and equinoxes.A smaller gap would have cap-tured the event more quickly,even down to just the verymoment it occurred. But thatwould have allowed fewer view-
ers in the observatory the chanceto witness the event before itpassed.
Visitors also can get a glimpseof the sun’s ray through the slotalmost a week before and after thesolstices and equinox because ofthe size of the slot. Occurring inMarch and September, the equi-nox is the period when the sun isdirectly over the equator. The sol-stice is the time at which the sun
A sundial atMysticalHorizonsmeasures timeby the positionof the sun,which casts itsshadow on thesundial sur-face.Jill Schramm/MDN
reaches its highest position in thesky as seen from the earth’s northor south pole. The solstices occurin June and December.
Numerous calculations wentinto plotting the layout. Evenestablishing the direction that isnorth involved serious consider-ation. As Robertson explained,there are four types of north, andall point to a slightly differentdirection.
Magnetic north, as measuredby a compass, isn’t static. Gridnorth is a feature of navigationalmaps. There’s also astronomicnorth, related to the North Star,and geodetic north, or true north,which is the direction along theearth’s surface towards the geo-graphic north pole. True north isthe type of north that Robertsonneeded to locate to make theproject features accurate.
“I was given about six monthstime. You only get one shot at it.You are looking at about a halfmillion dollars. You don’t want itto not work. So I did a number ofexperiments up there to try andprove my calculations wereaccurate,” Robertson said.
Deciding on a definition of“sunset” also was important todetermine when to isolate thesun’s rays through the slits in thepillars. Robertson elected to usethe point at which the sun sits onthe horizon.
Robertson also had designed aPolaris sighting scope that Olsonhad proposed for the project.
“That was my most difficultpart,” Robertson said. He want-ed a scope that would be usableby people of any height butstruggled with how to positionit. He mentioned his dilemma toRobert Indvik, then BottineauCounty engineer, who offered aneasy solution: Install the view-ing end of the scope six feet offthe ground so a person canstand underneath it to peerthrough it.
A sundial feature at MysticalHorizon includes a Gnomonwith a straight-edged style thatpoints true north. It stands eightfeet tall, which is ideal for castingan adequate shadow.
The sundial, set for Central
Standard Time, is accurate withregular clock time only fourtimes a year, around the time ofthe solstice and equinox, becauseof the earth’s elliptical orbitaround the sun. The sundial candiffer as much as 16 minutes dueto that fact, Robertson said.
Bottineau County employeesconstructed the project withfunding that primarily camethrough the North DakotaDepartment of Transportation
and Federal HighwayAdministration. The NorthDakota Forest Service gave thecounty a 99-year lease on proper-ty for the project. Other projectpartners included the NorthDakota Parks and RecreationDepartment and TurtleMountain Tourism Association.
The intent was to build thewalls and pillars using nativestones, but there was a concernabout whether the stones would
remain stable. So the pillars andwalls were molded from concreteto look like rock. They weresecured to pilings as much aseight feet below ground.Rainbow Inc. of Minneapolispainted the molded concrete tolook deceptively like real stone.
Turtle Mountain Tourismcame up with the name MysticalHorizons and Northern ExposureSign Co. in Bottineau made thesign.
The county dedicated theproject on Oct. 14, 2005. Aninformation kiosk later wasadded, along with additional sig-nage. A small garden was plant-ed with the assistance of DakotaCollege at Bottineau and the SoilConservation District.
“We don’t want to get toomuch up here. We want to keepit as simple and close to nature aswe can,” Robertson said. “It’s so
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Jill Schramm/MDNBradley Robertson of Wold Engineering looks over a printed PowerPoint presentation July 10 that he developed totell the story of the creation of Mystical Horizons.
who come to that site justbecause of the quietness and theview,” Streich said.
During the solstice and equi-nox, it is common to have 20 to30 people visit, she said.
Despite the remote location,visitors from near and far have
discovered Mystical Horizons.Throughout the year, there’s typ-ically multiple visitors stoppingnearly every day. Tour buseshave the site on their routes.Small weddings have been heldthere. Schools are beginning touse the site as an outdoor class-room.
The original Stonehenge inEngland, built in around 2500B.C., is one of the wonders of theworld. Many visual replicasexist in the United States,
including the whimsical and theodd, but none compare withMystical Horizons in the techni-cal representation of astronomi-cal science.
“As simplistic as it is, it hasbeauty and class and it definite-ly marks the seasons in time,”Robertson said. “It’s the type ofproject that’s so unique thatthere’s few in this world whohave had the opportunity todesign something like this. I feelvery blessed.”
nated and interested when they step intothe Three Tribes Museum that tellsthrough its exhibits the history and cul-
ture of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikarapeople and the Fort Berthold Reservation.
The Three Tribes Museum is locatedon the west side of the Four Bears Bridgein a 40-foot by 90-foot A-frame structurenear the 4 Bears Casino & Lodge.
Here is housed an array of items includ-ing traditional clothing, warbonnets, bead-
ed moccasins and gloves, pipes, sculp-tures, paintings, photographs and maps,quilts, traditional food such as corn balls,wildlife and a cast of a bison latifrons.
Outside the museum are several monu-ments including the Fort Berthold
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This exhibit in the Three Tribes Museum, west of New Town, shows the cast of an Ice Age Bison latifrons skull, the largest of all North Americanbison. The original Bison latifrons skull was found near New Town in 1998. Casts of it were made for the Three Tribes Museum, Watford City HighSchool and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Office in Riverdale.
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Veterans Monument, the FallenSoldiers Monument, Fort LaramieMonument and the Lewis and ClarkPeace Monument.
Oil money led to the start of theThree Tribes Museum around 50years ago. Today, oil is continuing toimpact the museum through the
recent oil and gasdevelopment in west-ern North Dakota,often referred to as“the Bakken,” for thelucrative BakkenFormation.
Concerned thatthe history of thearea was being lost with the con-struction of the Garrison Dam, acivic-minded group including Dr.
Herbert Wilson, alongtime New Townphysician now ofBismarck, and othersin the area got togeth-er in the 1950s andformed the FortBerthold HistoricalSociety to talk aboutwhere to keep the area’s history, said
Eloise Ogden/MDNDisplay cases on the main floor of the Three Tribes Museum, west of New Town, have traditional clothing, sculptures, artwork and many other itemsrelating to the history and culture of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara people.
Tourist favoritesThe Three Tribes Museum and the Three Affiliated
Tribes Earth Lodge Village, both west of New Town,tell the story of the history and culture of the Mandan,Hidatsa and Arikara people. Both stops are favoritesfor tourists to the area.
The museum has existed for many years; the vil-lage is a recent addition to the area west of New Town.
Both the museum and earth lodge village are offN.D. Highway 23.
Marilyn Hudson, administratorof the Three Tribes Museum.
Around that same time, HelenGough, who was raised on theFort Berthold Reservation in thecommunity of Nishu, a commu-nity now under the water of LakeSakakawea, had interest in sever-al oil wells being developed dur-ing the first oil boom in theWilliston Basin in the 1950s,Hudson said.
Hudson said that Gough, inher will, included requests to setup a scholarship for students,
provided funds to help con-struct the museum building andsupport it afterward, and donat-ed money to a local veteransgroup.
But Gough, who provided themoney for the museum, neverlived to see it completed, Hudsonsaid.
Born in 1904, Gough died in1963. The museum, designed byMinot architect Ira Rush, openedin 1964.
When it opened, the muse-um was operated by the ThreeAffiliated Tribes Museum Inc.,a nonprofit corporation with
¨ Quilts and artwork aredisplayed before caseswith traditional clothingand other items on the
upper level of the ThreeTribes Museum, west of
New Town.® This is one of the
maps in the ThreeTribes Museum, west of
New Town. The mapshows the Fort Berthold
Reservation andincludes areas that arenow under the water of
Lake Sakakawea.Photos by Eloise Ogden/MDN
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Eloise Ogden/MDNA buckskin shirt and an eagle feather bonnet are among the items shown in this display case in the Three Tribes Museum, west of New Town.
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Tribal Council; and Hugh Davies, treas-urer and board member of The MinotDaily News.
The museum continues to operate as anonprofit organization, Hudson said.
For a time, the museum was the onlybuilding on the west side of the MissouriRiver on the area called the Four BearsPeninsula, Hudson said. Today, thepeninsula is crowded with other develop-
ment including the casino and lodge, trib-al administration offices, marina and RVpark, radio station and newspaper, con-venience store and Little ShellCelebration (powwow) arbor.
A monthly royalty from Gough’s oilwells pays expenses, including the elec-tric bill and fuel to keep the museumgoing, Hudson said.
She said that recently a sizeable dona-
tion from Tillie and Reba Walker, ofBismarck who are longtime Mandareeresidents, paid for a new roof for themuseum, painting its exterior and interi-or, and repair of the beams. Also, side-walks and a fence were installed.
Landscaping will also be done,Hudson said.
The museum is open from early Mayto the end of October.
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tootin’ big hit when 100,000 people travel toa remote location in southwest NorthDakota just to see what it’s all about. Theyare not disappointed. Many return time and
time again.The Medora Musical is in its 50th year at
the scenic Burning Hills Amphitheater andwell on the way to 100,000 audience mem-bers. Over 92,000 attended the widelyacclaimed musical in 2013.
“Last year we had nine percent growthand this year we expect over 100,000 peo-ple,” said Justin Fisk, marketing director.
“We are well on our way to doing that. JulyFourth was up 15 percent over 2013. Thereare a lot of new families in western NorthDakota.”
The theatrical presentation billed as “TheGreatest Show in the West” is held eachnight beginning at 8:30 CDT June 6 through
Submitted photoThe Medora Musical is billed as “The Greatest Show In The West.” Performances are held at the Burning Hills Amphitheater with the scenic Badlandsas a backdrop.
Biggest hit in the BadlandsMedoraMusical: TheGreatest Showin the West See MEDORA — Page 65