Tuesday, July 9, 2024: …Upper Left, On A Wall Mounted Big Screen, ZMM Riders Watch A Video Presentation, Prepared By Ken Smith, President Of The Ellendale Historical Society.
… We Are In The Coleman Museum, Ellendale, ND.. . .And, As You See, Some Of Us (Henry Gurr Included), Enjoyed A Good Cup Of Coffee!!
…President Ken Smith’s Video, explained a bit about Ellendale’s Nodak Hotel & Café, back in the 1960's. Included were souvenir pictures of the Nodak Hotel & Cafe building as it was then.
(NOTE: The Nodak Café, in July 1968, was the ZMM Breakfast Restaurant, tor Robert Pirsig, Chris, John & Sylvia Sutherland.)
…Here, We All Say Thanks To President Smith, For His Excellent Video Presentation!!
…President Ken Smith said in an Apr 30, 2024 Email aaid =>
Unfortunately, the Nodak Hotel was torn down in 2014, but a picture of the 50th Anniversary riders at the location would be very nice. I would also like to have your group over to our Coleman Museum, it's just across the street, from where the Nodak Hotel used to be.
… Just a note--the Nodak Cafe on Main Street is long defunct and the Nodak Hotel long gone, but just this year the name Nodak Cafe was resurrected when a couple reopened an old cafe on the north side of town just off the highway. So there is still a Nodak Cafe in Ellendale, complete with a full menu, designed to be like the original Nodak Cafe in the 1960's.
…NOTE: Henry Gurr mostly does not appear in these July 2024 Photos, because he is behind the camera.
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The Coleman Museum is in the former Farmers National Bank building, which now houses photographs and artifacts from the town's history from 1882 to the present, revealing the fires, tornadoes, blizzards, agricultural advances, schools, college, military, businesses of the past and railroads.
…A) Click Here, And AFTER This Comes Up, Scroll Down To “Coleman Museum, For An Exterior Photo Of Their Building, And A Good Full Description Of Museum History & Collections & Contact Info .
…B) The Coleman Museum Facebook Photos Page Click Here. This has many photo of what it looks like inside, but you will have to choose which. And for any of the photos, there is not any description of history or persons,
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