On This Day | Killdeer Mountains Sighted as National Playground
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Senator Liederbach is inclined to believe that congress will regard the project with favor, not only because the Killdeer mountains will form an excellent game preserve and an ideal national playground, but for the further reason that there is so much of historical significance in connection with this section which should be preserved. Some of the most famous Indian battles in early territorial days were fought in the Killdeer mountains. Sully, Sibley and other great Indian fighters have campaigned there, and there is hardly a foot of the ground which does not hold a romantic interest for every son of the west.
— July 31, 1919 | The Ward County Independent
Why We Chose It
This was before the founding of Teddy Roosevelt National Park, but only by a few years. It seems likely this early political seed of a “National Playground” in the area sprouted a little further upstream on the Little Missouri. Today, this same area is now home to the newly developed Three Affiliated Tribes National Park.
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