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Crow Flies High State Recreation Area
Crow Flies High State Recreation Area is a scenic overlook located two miles west of New Town, North Dakota, New Town in Mountrail County, North Dakota, Mountrail County, North Dakota. The site provides scenic views of Lake Sakakawea. Signs describe the location's role in local history, including its significance in the explorations of Lewis and Clark Expedition, Lewis and Clark. The footprint of the drowned town of Sanish, now lost below the reservoir's waves, can be seen at times of low water. The park was owned by the National Park Service from 1917 until 1956, when ownership was transferred to North Dakota. It is named after Hidatsa Indian chief Crow Flies High. References External links Crow Flies High State Recreation Area North Dakota Parks and Recreation Department {{authority control State parks of North Dakota Protected areas of Mountrail County, North Dakota Former national parks of the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mountrail County, North Dakota
Mountrail County is a County (United States), county in the northwestern part of North Dakota, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 9,809, and was estimated to be 9,474 in 2024. The county seat is Stanley, North Dakota, Stanley and the largest city is New Town, North Dakota, New Town. The county was originally created in 1873, then removed in 1892, annexed by Ward County, North Dakota, Ward County. It was re-created and organized in 1909. The county is home to the headquarters of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation, Three Affiliated Tribes of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara people, and a large part of the county belongs to the tribe's Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, Fort Berthold reservation. History The Dakota Territory legislature created the county (as Mountraille County) on January 4, 1873, with area annexed from Buffalo County, South Dakota, Buffalo County. The origin of its name came from Joseph Mountraille, a locall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Town, North Dakota
New Town is a city in Mountrail County, North Dakota. The population was 2,764 at the time of the 2020 census, making it the 18th largest city in North Dakota. New Town was platted in 1950 as a replacement site for the residents of Sanish and Van Hook, as these towns were scheduled to be flooded by the creation of Lake Sakakawea, a reservoir to provide water for irrigation. It is the largest city and the administrative center of the Fort Berthold Reservation. New Town is home to Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College. New Town is located on State Highway 23 at the crossing of Lake Sakakawea by the Four Bears Bridge. History In 1944, the United States Congress passed the Flood Control Act of 1944, which authorized the construction of the Garrison Dam. The dam was planned to be the world's largest rolled-earth filled dam and would create the second-largest reservoir in the world to collect water for irrigation and regional water needs. It would form a lake 200 miles long, 14 miles w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crow Flies High
Crow Flies High (Hidatsa: ''Beericga Maaguhdaa Neesh''; ca. 1830s-1900) was the chief of a band of dissident Hidatsa people from 1870 until their band joined the reservation system in 1894. This band was one of the last to settle on an Indian reservation. A North Dakota State Park is named after him. Smallpox epidemic and Like-a-Fishhook Village Smallpox struck the Hidatsa community in 1837 and decimated the population.Meyer, Roy W. (1977): ''The Village Indians on the Upper Missouri. The Mandans, Hidatsas, and Arikaras''. Lincoln and London. Together with the remnants of their allies the Mandan tribe, the survivors built the Like-a-Fishhook Village further up the Missouri River around 1845. Having lost his closest relatives in the epidemic, Crow Flies High was raised by Eats-From-The-Line clan members.Fox, Gregory L. (1988): ''A Late Nineteenth Century Village of a Band of Dissident Hidatsas: The Garden Coulee Site (32WI18)''. Lincoln. In 1870, Crow Flies High left the joint Hida ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
