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In the same year, Hidekoper sold the 70,000-acre (28,000 ha) ranch; the sale was the largest land deal in North Dakota history. After the sale, a land company reduced the ranch to 5,000 acres (2,000 ha); it was later used as a dude ranch in the 1920s. [2] The ranch was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 5, 1985. [1]
A major landmark on the ranch is Three V Crossing, a low-water crossing on the Little Missouri River 19.1 miles (30.7 km) north-northeast of Marmarth and 27 miles (43 km) northwest of Amidon [9] within the Little Missouri National Grassland in an unorganized part of Slope County in T. 135 N R. 105 W. [10]
The central portion of the house is abutted on the front and north sides by enclosed porches, and on the rear by a log extension . The roof features prominent shed dormers on the front and back. To the north of the main house is a one-story log lodge, built for dude ranch functions. A 1905 log barn to the east is the other principal building.
The Elkhorn Ranch was established by Theodore Roosevelt on the banks of the Little Missouri River 35 miles north of Medora, North Dakota in the summer of 1884. Roosevelt hired Bill Sewall [1] and Wilmot Dow, two Maine woodsmen, to run the ranch. Sewall and Dow built the ranch house, "a long, low house of logs," in the winter of 1884–1885.
The most recent listings, in 2010, are the University of North Dakota Historic District and WPA Stone Structures in Memorial Park and Calvary Cemetery, and in 2011, The Kegs Drive-In. A large number of the listings were prepared by Dr. Norene Roberts, of North Dakota State University. Additional notes for many are archived at the university. [3]
Marsh Self Binder, Red River Valley, D.T. 1877 [4]. Bonanza farmers pioneered the development of farm technology and economics. They used steam engines to power plowing as much as 4 decades before the modern farm tractor made its appearance - plows and combine harvesters drawn by steam tractors were used in the West in the 1880s and 1890s.
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