Buckstop Junction - Historic Town in Bismarck, North Dakota

Our Vanishing Prairie Elevators

All across our North Dakota skyline we are seeing gaps where our prairie sky-scrapers, the grain elevators, once stood. Just last summer we lost the elevator in Mandan, every year we hear of three or four lost to the ravages of time or weather.

The elevator pictured above was built along the Soo Line Railroad in Burleigh County. The town of Brittin lost the last of its residents to the Great Depression and the post office closed in 1933. The elevator still stands, but for how long? This is not a rhetorical question.

Efforts have begun to save the Brittin Elevator and move it to the historic town of

Buckstop Junction. Won’t you help us save this piece of our agricultural history?

Brittin Grain Elevator Moving Fund Raffle

Drawing August 19, 2012 at 4:00 p.m. at Buckstop Junction's
Annual Old Settler's Day & Corn Feed Celebration

Tickets available at Buckstop Junction Visitor Center
Prize List:

* Lewis Ballroom & Western Bar Rental package. Subject to availability and restrictions. Value $500.00

* Vintage Star Quilt, Pastel colors. Value $300.00

* Hand-made fishing rod by Todd Schwarz. Value S100.00

* "The Give Away" 22 X 28 Print, Native American subject, By J. Stewart, Value $100.00

* Gift Certificates $50.00 each to the Vintage Shoppe at Buckstop Junction. Good for Merchandise, MVHS Membership or toward rental. Value 3X $50.00.

$5.00 per ticket or 5 tickets for $20.00
Need not be present to win!

Missouri Valley Historical Society

P O Box 941, Bismarck, ND 58502-0941 Phone: 701-250-8575 or 701-220-6311

Please call us if you would like to help in our fund raising effort.