Medora once slated to be thriving city
Subject(s): Cities and towns, Frontier and pioneer life, Morès, Antoine Amédée Marie Vincent Manca de Vallombrosa, marquis de, 1858-1896, North Dakota--Medora, Packard, A. T. (Arthur Thomas), 1860-1931
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The small town of Medora, North Dakota, once had aspirations of “becoming the metropolis of the western plains.” The first settlement in the area was Little Missouri, a former army cantonment that had been sold to the public. The Marquis de Morès founded Medora and eventually built a packing plant and hotel.
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State Historical Society of North Dakota
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English
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Theodore Roosevelt and Public Memory (1919-present)
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1
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Medora once slated to be thriving city. [n.d.]. State Historical Society of North Dakota.
https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o292544. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
Unknown. Medora once slated to be thriving city. [n.d.]. Image.
State Historical Society of North Dakota. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 5, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o292544.
APA:
Unknown., [n.d.]. Medora once slated to be thriving city.
State Historical Society of North Dakota. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/digital-library/o292544.
Cite this Collection
Chicago:
State Historical Society of North Dakota. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/state-historical-society-of-north-dakota. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University.
MLA:
State Historical Society of North Dakota. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. March 5, 2026. https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/state-historical-society-of-north-dakota.
APA:
State Historical Society of North Dakota. Theodore Roosevelt Digital Library. Dickinson State University. Retrieved from https://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/collection/state-historical-society-of-north-dakota.
