Conference Schedule

Sunday, May 4 - Breakfast

8:00 am - 9:00 am
Breakfast served at the Dining Hall building located at the International Peace Garden. Catered by Prairie Wind Catering.

Menu options: French Toast with Maple Syrup, Bacon, Cinnamon Bun, Fresh Fruit, Orange and Apple Juice/Coffee/Milk. ($6.00)

There are no other prepared meal options on the grounds of the International Peace Garden, so make sure to register for this meal on your registration form.

Sunday, May 4 - Morning

Prairie Places™ Heritage Tour
(Bring your passport or two forms of ID for customs)

8:00 am
Boarding for the tour will take place at the parking lot of the Burdick Performing Arts Center located at the International Peace Garden. Tour bus leaves promptly at 8:30 am. Please notify us in advance if you require any special arrangements. Learn about the history of the region, tour historic properties and hear the story of landmark buildings as narrated by Edward Ledohowski, Dick Johnson and Becky Leonard. Sponsored by Northern Plains Resource Conservation and Development Council - Devils Lake, ND.

Sites on the tour include:

Round Barn at Dunseith, ND
Urbain Cote built this unique round barn near Dunseith, ND. It is one of only a few round barns in the state of North Dakota, and the recent recipient of a state grant for historic preservation work. The barn is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Tour guide will be Dick Johnson.

Downtown Rolla, ND

The Clark Building: This building was built in 1937 and used as a show and sales area for Pontiac cars, and in 1939 a full service garage was added. It also housed a Case and Minneapolis Moline farm machinery and Jeffrey plows dealership.

Jacobsen’s Hardware: This establishment has the distinction of being the only retail business in the same location in Rolla form 1892 to the present.

Rolla Mercantile: The West half of the building was built in 1888, with an addition and new front added in 1927. The building was recently acquired by the Revitalize Rolla group for restoration and reuse.

Former Stormon Law Office: This building was built in the early 1900s and housed a land title company and bank before being acquired by a law firm for office use. Now it is a realtors shop.

Sunday, May 4 - Lunch

11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Lunch at D & B Pizza located in Rolla, ND.

Menu: Pizza Buffet, Garden Salad, Dessert Brownie and choice of Beverage ($8.00)

This building officially opened August 21, 1937 as the Fairmont Creamery. In 1956 it was converted into a meat processing plant. In 1978 it was remodeled into a pizza place.

Make sure to register for this meal on your registration form.

Tour Continues

Coghlan Castle
Coghlan Castle, the residence of one branch of the Coghlan family for over twenty years, is situated on a slight rise five miles north northwest of Rolla, North Dakota and five miles south of the Manitoban border. Maurice Coghlan had Thomas Bowyer, a stone mason from Killarney, Manitoba, Canada construct the building as the second home on his 160 acre original homestead in 1906 - 1907. The castle has an interesting history. Learn about efforts underway to save ND's only castle. Tour guides will be Dick Johnson and Dale Bentley. (not handicap accessible)

Downtown St. John, ND

Martineau House: The Fortunat and Cedulie Martineau House is a 1 and ½ story folk Victorian house with a front porch built in ca 1899, with an addition built in approximately 1933. The house was restored in 2001-2003 for adaptive re-use as the official Visitor Center for the Turtle Mountain Scenic Byway. It is eligible for listing on the National Register of Historic Sites as it is the only building remaining in St John of the many Fortunat Martineau was involved in building. Tour Guide will be Becky Leonard. (handicap accessible)

St. John’s Catholic Church: Archie Campbell of Rugby, ND was hired to build this church in 1950. It was built with stone from nearby fields hauled by parishioners and much of the construction work was done by parishioners. It was dedicated July 15, 1953. The structure cost $71,000.00. The altar, Communion rails and Stations of the Cross are made of polished granite from Cold Springs, Minn.

Rolette County Historical Society: The Rolette County Historical Society Museum is located on Main Street in St John. On the museum grounds are two large display buildings, a one-room school house, a church, a hunter's shack, the Dana Wright Cabin, a doll house, and old gas station, the St. John Immigration Building, a blacksmith shop and Burlington Northern Railroad cars.

US/Canadian Border
St John Port of Entry first opened in 1882 with E. McCollum as the first customs officer. The house was located at what was later to be the McManus Farm at St John ND. After some early conflicts the post was moved to its present location at the 49th parallel in 1931. A building that housed Customs and Immigration is currently sitting in St John at the historical park.

Historic Residences of Killarney, MB
Killarney, Manitoba is located along the shores of beautiful Killarney Lake. It was named Killarney Lake, because the landscape reminded the Irishman of home. “I think we should call this lake Killarney, after the beautiful hills of the homeland.” He then dumped a pint of the Irish in the lake and baptized it Killarney. The first permanent settlers to the region were homesteaders, coming from all corners of the world, looking for adventure, freedom and affordable farmland. But before the settlement of these pioneers, this area was well known by fur traders, explorers and Natives who lived and trapped along the northern edge of the Turtle Mountains, which straddle the Canada-U.S. border to the south of Killarney. Killarney had a great deal of stone masonry constructed buildings, as the city was home to a couple of Manitoba's Scottish stone masons.

Rowland United Church
The Rowland United Church stands at a country crossroads. The small church was built out of brick and mortar in 1913. The churches interior is intact and features many of the historic furnishings. The Rowland church was active until the 1970s when the membership moved to Killarney. It is now owned by the municipality and continues its mission with occasional services, picnics and weddings still being held there.

Historic Buildings of Boissevain, MB
The Boissevain historical buildings tour consists of twenty one historic buildings including thirteen homes, five businesses and three churches. It includes; stone, brick and wood-frame buildings and includes many different building styles. Highlights include St. Paul's United Church an integral part of the Boissevain skyline, and the Land Titles Office built in 1903 which originally served as a Land Titles Office for the southwest region of Manitoba. We will be doing a drive through tour of the community's historic buildings.

Walkinshaw Place Boissevain, MB
In 1883 John Renton married Ellen Paterson of Boissevain, MB they built this 4000 square foot 2 ½ storey Victorian farmhouse in 1907. The home was quite modern for its day; it had an indoor bathroom, central heating from a wood and coal burning furnace in the basement, walk-in closets in all the main bedrooms, and a maid's room with servant stairs leading to the farm kitchen. Coffee and refreshments will be served. Tour guide will be Peter Albrecht.

Approximately 3:30 pm
Tour ends at the International Peace Garden.