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McLean County

  • Natural North Dakota
    Dog Den Butte
    Prairie Public
    There is a big high hill in northeast McLean County about four miles west of Butte, North Dakota along highway 53. That is Dog Den Butte.I was recently…
  • Crossing the Missouri
    Prairie Public
    On this date in 1887 the McClean County Mail touted the great advantages that the town of Washburn had to offer. The town had been founded five years…
  • First Baby in Wilton
    Prairie Public
    It was 1898 when General W.D. Washburn decided to buy 113,000 acres of land in the northern areas of Burleigh and McLean county. The former senator and…
  • James Zaharee
    Prairie Public
    James Zaharee was born on this date in 1905. He grew up on a farm near Max in McLean County. When he was barely over 20, a bull gored him. This experience…