Stone Shelter - Double Ditch State Historic Site
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lazyCachers
N 46° 56.182 W 100° 53.987
14T E 355398 N 5199844
Located 17 miles north of Bismarck, North Dakota on Highway 1804.
Waymark Code: WM3YDM
Location: North Dakota, United States
Date Posted: 06/05/2008
Views: 48
The marker inside the shelter states:
The stone shelter you are now standing in was constructed in the 1930s as one of many projects completed throughout the state by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and the Works Progress Administration (WPA). The CCC and the WPA were programs created during the Great Depression to put unemployed people to work. In North Dakota the CCC and the WPA constructed dams, developed wildlife refuges and parks, worked to prevent soil erosion on cultivated lands, and were responsible for many other projects that benefitted the state.
In 1936 the State Historical Society of North Dakota acquired the thirty-seven acres that make up Double Ditch Indian Village State Historic Site. Today it is considered one of the best preserved earth lodge villages found anywhere along the Missouri River.
We ask you, as a visitor, to help us preserve this site and to remember to take nothing but photographs. The past belongs to everyone, so please leave all artifacts behind for the information they represent and for future visitors to enjoy.
Project type: Park structure/building (other than lodge)
Date built or created: 1930s
Location: Double Ditch State Historic Site
City: Bismarck
Condition: Pristine condition
Website for additional information: [Web Link]
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