July 21, 2022
 

History Alive Programs Planned at Chateau de Morès State Historic Site

MEDORA, N.D. – Chateau de Morès State Historic Site will present its perennially popular History Alive programs again this summer. The free programs explore the lives and times of decades gone by, combining theater arts with history. The 30-minute monologues are based on original letters, diaries, and other documents, many from the State Archives of the State Historical Society of North Dakota. History Alive presentations are held on the Chateau veranda select Fridays at 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m., Saturdays at 10:30 a.m., 1:30 p.m., and 3:30 p.m., and Sundays at 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. All times listed are Mountain time. 

Aug. 6-7 Madame de Morès (Medora). Portrayed by Karen Nelson, Madame will share a retrospective of her time in western Dakota Territory during the summers of 1883-1886, as well as discuss her life following her return to France. 

Aug. 12 Felix Gollnick, a German immigrant. Portrayed by Donald Ehli, Gollnick will talk about what it was like to live in the area at the same time as the Marquis de Morès, the French aristocrat and cattle baron who founded Medora.

Aug. 13-14 Marquis de Morès. Portrayed by Lance Rustand, the Marquis will share his dreams of building a beef empire in the frontier town of 1880s Medora.

Aug. 20-21 Madame de Morès (Medora). Portrayed by Karen Nelson, Madame will share a retrospective of her time in western Dakota Territory during the summers of 1883-1886, as well as discuss her life following her return to France. 

Aug. 27-28 Marquis de Morès. Portrayed by Lance Rustand, the Marquis will share his dreams of building a beef empire in the frontier town of 1880s Medora.

Sept. 3-4 A 100-year-old veteran of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Portrayed by Ed Sahlstrom, the veteran will relate the experiences of the CCC as it restored the Marquis' Chateau from 1939 to 1941.  

The Chateau de Morès is a state historic site managed by the State Historical Society of North Dakota. The Chateau de Morès site and Interpretive Center near Medora are open daily, 8:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. MT, through Labor Day. For more information, contact Ed Sahlstrom at 701.623.4355. Find additional upcoming educational programs sponsored by the State Historical Society at history.nd.gov/events.

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Ed Sahlstrom, 701.623.4355  

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