Thirty years ago, a group of local leaders in business,
tourism and education formed the Fort Abraham Lincoln Foundation to rebuild the
Custer House. They succeeded, furnished
the house as it was in Custer's time, and opened it to the public with the
Foundation's signature "living history tours" in 1989.
After the house, with private donations and federal funds,
the Foundation rebuilt the Commissary, Granary, Barracks and Stable, and
expanded its efforts to include On-A-Slant Village, where it reconstructed and
filled six earth lodges with information about the Mandan Indians, pioneers of
agriculture and city building in the area.
Altogether, the Foundation has raised and invested $10
million in the infrastructure and interpretation at Fort Lincoln. Over the years, the Foundation has stepped
forward for the community in other ways, too, coming to operate Five Nations
Arts and the Lewis and Clark Riverboat.
Today the Fort Abraham Lincoln Foundation is proud to say
that after making Fort Lincoln a world class historical attraction, it is
turning in another broader direction and will not operate the interpretive
program at the park in 2013. We wish the
State Park well in maintaining the highest-level interpretation and visitor
services.
The Fort Abraham Lincoln Foundation's mission
has always been promotion and development of North Dakota's heritage tourism,
and it will continue to be so. With the
close of one mission, others open.
The best is yet to come.
Welcome to the library, a full-service municipal Library directly
handling the needs of Bismarck and Burleigh County residents. As a
member of Central Dakota Library Network(CDLN), we offer direct access
to materials and resources in libraries throughout Burleigh, Morton,
McLean, Mercer and Oliver Counties.
