Labor Day Ride Update

Posted on July 20, 2011 by

The annual Labor Day Ride will be September 3 – 5 at the Little Missouri State Park 20 miles north of Killdeer, ND.  Please contact the Little Missouri State Park Ranger at 701-764-5256 with the number of horses, corrals needed and camping reservations.

On Saturday at 5:00pm MDT there will be hamburgers, brats and hotdogs with backed beans.  It will be free will donation.  A headcount is needed so please contact Linda Morrow Schauer (701-663-0529 or lmsappy@yahoo.com) with your reservations.  She needs to know by August 26.

On Sunday at 3:00pm MDT there will be a directors meeting with the annual meeting at 4:00pm.  There will be elections for a president-elect, secretary-treasurer and two 3-year term directors.  There will be a potluck supper at 5:00pm.

There will be a Not So Silent Auction following the meeting on Saturday.  If you have any items you would like to donate please bring your items to the shelter on Saturday or Sunday.  Please fill out an auction form with your name and donated item.

There are still a few 50th Anniversary History and Memory book, 50th Anniversary Glass Coffee cups and 50th anniversary key chains.

The 2011 membership’s are due and still only $15 per family.

Spring Fling – New Date and Time

Posted on March 22, 2011 by

There is a new date, time and place for the spring fling.

Saturday March 26th, 2011 at 5:30 at Famous Daves BBQ in Bismarck.  Please call Linda at 663- 0529 with your reservations no later than Friday.

Spring Fling 2011

Posted on February 13, 2011 by

The annual Spring Fling will be held at 6:00PM on March 19, 2011 at Minerva’s Restaurant & Bar located in the Kelly Inn, Bismarck.  All past and present members are invited.  A special menu will be served with 5 to 6 selections being offered.  The cost of the meal will be $22 a person which includes non-alcoholic drinks and gratuity.  There will also be a kids meal available for the young buckaroos.

Reservations will need to be made no later than March 10th, 2011.  You can contact Ron Berg (701-48-3529 or ragaberg@westriv.com) or Linda Morrow Schauer (701-663-0529 or lmsappy@yahoo.com)

There are still come 50th anniversary items available for purchase please contact Linda Morrow Schauer for the availability of the items you would like to purchase.

Trail riders celebrating 50 Years

Posted on September 2, 2010 by

Taken from The Bismarck Tribune

Trail riders celebrating 50 years

Trail riders celebrating 50 years

The Badlands Trail Riders will celebrate the club’s 50th anniversary with a day of trail rides and festivities Saturday at the Little Missouri State Park north of Killdeer.

The Badlands Trail Riders began in 1960, with an open invitation to anyone who wanted to bring a horse and ride the Badlands.

The first ride was held over Labor Day weekend at Halliday Springs in the south unit of the Theodore Roosevelt National Park, where 50 people and horses camped.

Art Shipley and Orv Lowitz were the organizers and the club was formed about a month later. It adopted as its purpose: “To better promote North Dakota and its people through an annual Badlands Trail Ride.”

Labor Day rides in the Badlands have been an annual tradition ever since. Many of the current members were kids with their parents on those early rides. The 1965  Labor Day ride included 280 riders from four states starting with a 22-mile ride.  The club sponsored a 100-mile ride as well, but limited the number of riders to 25.

The club has two or three rides each year, and has sponsored rides in the north and south units of the National Park as well as along the Maah Daah Hey Trail, the Logging Camp Ranch south of Amidon and the Little Missouri State Park near Killdeer.

This year’s event will be at the Little Missouri State Park,  featuring a catered banquet and program, followed by a dance with the Marv Allen DJ Show.

The club has produced a 200-page anniversary book in which members have included trail stories.  The book was compiled by Linda Morrow Schauer and edited by the club historian Linda Shipley Vettel. A limited number of books are available through the club’s website: www.badlandstrairidersnd.co

Pre-Order your books

Posted on July 14, 2010 by

THE BADLANDS TRAIL RIDERS
50 YEARS
1960-2010

“Our purpose is to better promote North Dakota and its people through an annual Badlands Trail Ride”

As the Trail of Memories come in about the Trail Rides and Riders, the excitement mounts.  You can pre-order your Badlands Trail Rider Anniversary 50th Book, for $19.00. They will be available at the Badlands Trail Ride Labor Day Weekend Celebration or we can mail them out (shipping charges will be applied).  Please contact Linda Morrow Schauer if you would like to pre-order your book.

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Welcome Trail Riders

Posted on June 30, 2010 by

The Badlands Trail Riders is a non-profit organization that has promoted the natural beauty of the North Dakota Badlands. Since 1960, it has been bringing together horsemen and horses of all ages, types and locations. It strives to create a bond to the badlands regions through appreciation of the beauty and enjoyment of the outdoors through family and group horse activities. It is great fun for the whole family from kids on ponies, mom and dad on their tried and true steeds, to expert riders on show horses. And of course those adventurous souls with their mules and draft teams.

There are two annual rides, one in the Spring and one over Labor Day weekend.  The Labor Day ride takes place at the Little Missouri State Park north of Killdeer North Dakota.  The spring ride is usually in other areas of the North Dakota Badlands.  Keep checking back on updates for both of the rides.

This year we will be Celebrating our 50th Anniversary on the Labor Day Ride.  Please see our Labor Day Ride page for more information regarding our celebration.

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