Camp Atchison Historic Site

Historical marker location:

Binford, North Dakota

( Memorial is on State Highway 1, 0.4 miles south of 8th Street NE, on the left when traveling south.)

Marker installed: 1962

North Dakota was once home to a massive inland sea, known as the Western Interior Seaway, which covered much of the state during the Late Cretaceous period around 80 million years ago. Fossils from marine creatures that lived in this sea can still be found in the state today.