Facts & Trivia

In 1883, Theodore Roosevelt invested in the Maltese Cross Ranch near Medora (pop. 100) and stayed in the three-room Maltese Cross Cabin when he was in the Badlands. During his presidency, the log cabin was exhibited in Portland, Ore., and St. Louis before being moved to the Capitol grounds in Bismarck, then in 1959 to its present site near the Medora Visitors Center.

In 1934, golfer George Wegener, of Portal (pop. 131), scored an international hole-in-one when he drove the ball from the ninth tee in Canada into the hole on the ninth green in the United States in Portal.

Lake Sakakawea State Park near Pick City (pop. 166) is a trailhead for the North Country Scenic Trail, a hiking route that even-tually will course 4,000 miles and link seven states. About 1,600 miles of the trail have been marked.