Conference Schedule
Sunday, May 7 Morning
- Prairie Places™ Heritage Tour -
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Re-presentation of the “2005 Excellence in Historic
Preservation Award” by Lt. Gov. (ret) Rosemarie Myrdal. Tour the “Rosebud” Superintendent's
Railcar and the Rosebud Visitor Center, 250 West Main, in downtown Valley
City featuring the 1881 Northern Pacific Superintendent’s railcar.
Tour by Mary Lee Nielson. (refreshments will be served)
9:00 am
Boarding for the tour will take place at the parking lot of the
Rosebud Visitor Center 250 West Main. Tour bus leaves promptly at 9:00 am.
Please notify us in advance if you require any special arrangements. 701-633-2763
or 701-361-9657. Learn about the history of the Sheyenne Valley, tour historic
properties and hear the history of landmark buildings as narrated by Mary
Lee Nielson. Stops include:
Country Junction at King School
The last one-room schoolhouse in
Barnes County to close its doors now has a new life as a craft shop. School
has been out since 1967 but the feeling of the little local schoolhouse is
still there even though it now has air conditioning and indoor running water.
Coffee is always on as you browse through the wide variety of crafts available
for sale from May to September. Tour guide Jan Haugen. (not handicap accessible)
Tour of Kathryn, ND
Tour the storefronts, Elevator, Jail, Bank, Hall The town of Kathryn was
founded in 1900, when the Casselton branch of the Northern Pacific
Railroad was built to Marion. The town was named for one of the daughters
of C.S. Mellon, president of the railroad. The town has retained its turn
of the century charm.
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Photo by Janet E. Schultz (Copyright)
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Wadeson Park State Historic Site
This hand-hewn oak log home was built in 1878 by Carl Jensen and his nephew
John Bjerke, early settlers in the area. The cabin served as a community
hall, country store, pioneer home, and finally as an icehouse.
Sunday,
May 7 Potluck Lunch
11:45 am - 12:30 pm
Lunch (Free will offering, not included in registration
fee) served by the Waldheim Lutheran Church. Enjoy a traditional North
Dakota church basement potluck. Waldheim Church was built in 1900 and is
an active congregation. They hold an annual fall supper, bazaar, quilt
raffle and lefsa sale. Please pass the Jell-O salad. (not handicap accessible)
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Photo by Janet E. Schultz (Copyright)
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Little
Yellowstone Park
We will drive by this beautiful road side park. This site has long been
an oasis for weary travelers and a place to spend quiet time for local
residents. There is playground equipment, picnic shelters, RV facilities,
primitive camp sites and best of all a hidden babbling brook in the midst
of nature's surroundings that makes the park a great place to spend the day
or night.
Preston Lutheran Church
The town of Preston originated as a rural
post office established on June 14, 1895, by Charles J.O. Jacobson
in his country store. Preston is an Old English name meaning "from the domain
of the church". The Preston
congregation was organized in 1881. The original church, built in 1898,
burned down in 1953. By midsummer that same year, volunteers had reconstructed
a shell and basement. Services were held in the basement until the
new church building was completed in 1956.
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Photo by Janet E. Schultz (Copyright)
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Slattum Settler’s Log Cabin and House
Theodore P. Slattum was one of the largest landowners in Ransom County.
He immigrated to Minnesota from Norway in 1870, and then moved here
in 1879 building a dugout for temporary living quarters until the cabin could
be built. Seven children were raised in the cabin with two children dying
in early childhood. In 1938 the cabin was moved to the old fort site where
it remained for over 55 years before its return to its present site.
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Photo by Janet E. Schultz (Copyright)
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Tour of Fort Ransom State Park
This 887-acre park, opened in 1979, provides a wealth of outdoor activities
including camping, fishing, picnicking, horseback riding (bring your
own horse), canoeing, cross country skiing, hiking, birding and nature photography.
Tour Guide John Kwapinski.
Sunne Demonstration Farm
Settled in 1884, the site is now a demonstration farm and is the site of
the annual Sodbuster Days events. The Fort Ransom Sodbusters Association,
which sponsors the events, demonstrates the farming methods and lifestyles
of the past. Tour Guide John Kwapinski.
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Photo by Janet E. Schultz (Copyright)
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Tour of Fort Ransom, ND
Tour the Fort Ransom Museum, historic Walker
Mill and home site, visit the Standing Rock Lutheran Church, view the Fort
Ransom School, Bjarne Ness Walking Bridge, and the site of the Fort Ransom
Military Fort. Tour guide Lyle Bjone.
Photos by Janet E. Schultz (Copyright)
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Approximately 3:30 pm
Tour ends at the Rosebud Visitor’s Center parking
lot at 250 West Main, Valley City, ND.
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