Medora North Dakota Lynching Dummy Jurors Real Photo Postcard

The de Mores Brick Hotel, identified as existing in 1882 in Medora, North Dakota, was a significant structure tied to the ventures of the French aristocrat Marquis de Mores. De Mores founded Medora in 1883, intending to establish a vast cattle and meatpacking empire in the Badlands. Buildings like this hotel were central to his ambitious frontier settlement, providing essential services and reflecting the rapid development driven by entrepreneurial spirit in the late 19th-century Dakota Territory.