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The Lewis and Clark Trail Museum, Alexander is proud to be a part of the Great Western Trail project. The museum will be one of the many sites along the trail marked by a special obelisk and plaque commemorating the trail as it made its way through North Dakota to Fort Buford. The American cattle drive was a unique time in American history. This era spanned about two decades from the 1870s to the 1890s. The west was open, the eastern and California markets had a seemingly insatiable desire for beef after the Civil War, and the supply of beef ca...
The past meets the present and future in a quiet little town; from the last lynching in North Dakota to the fellowship of burgers in the park and a farmers market on Saturday nights. Showcasing it all is the Lewis and Clark Trail Museum. Motoring down Highway 85 you now bypass the town of Alexander where traffic and trucks lumbering through town used to be an all-day occurrence. All that commotion goes around town now, but beckoning passersby is a highway sign pointing the way for some quiet...
