Address: Nines miles north of Tappen
Phone: 701-328-2666
Fax: 701-328-3710
Our Email: histsoc@state.nd.us
Our Website:www.nd.gov/hist
Come visit us in Tappen, North Dakota
The site marks the first major battle fought in Dakota Territory between Gen. Henry H. Sibley'
Tappen, ND BattlesitesThis is the approximate location of a campsite used by the 1863
Tappen, ND Historic SitesEstablished in 1872 to protect Northern Pacific Railroad workers. Visible remains of foundations and basements....
An interpretive marker denotes the site of a Northern Pacific Railroad Company warehouse that was built in 1883 to store good...
A commemorative marker shows the original 1883 location of the first townsite in Dickey County....
The site marks a crossing on the Pembina Trail, an early transportation route for settlers and freight....
The Sibley Expedition camped at this site July 3-4, 1863....