Historical Marker

Timber Trestle Bridge

Historical marker location:
5981 Walt Hjelle Pkwy, Fort Ransom, North Dakota
( Marker is on Mill Road near Walt Hjelle Parkway, on the left when traveling north.)
Marker installed: 1995

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.