Whitestone Hill Battlefield State Historic Site
Location:23 miles southeast of Kulm, in Dickey County.
Facilities:Historic site, museum, picnic area with shelter, horseshoe pits, pit toilets. Open May 16-September 15, Thursday-Monday.
Special Features:Site marks the scene of the fiercest clash between Indians and white
soldiers in North Dakota. On September 3, 1863, troops attacked a tipi
camp as part of a military mission to punish participants of the Dakota
Conflict of 1862. In the ensuing battle, military casualties were
comparatively light, but hundreds of Indian men, women, and children
died or were captured. The Indians also suffered the destruction of
virtually all of their property, leaving them nearly destitute for the
coming winter. Today the site includes a portion of the battlefield,
with a monument honoring the Indian dead and another honoring the
soldiers who died in the battle.
Address:RR 1, Box 125
Kulm, ND 58456
Phone:701-396-7731
Web: www.state.nd.us/HIST/whitestone/index.html
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