“Fort Lincoln’s unknown contributions to “educating Bismarck”
As the Bismarck Historical Society’s year-long theme of “Educating Bismarck” draws to a close, it is fitting that the final program in the series should reveal the little known, but fascinating, contributions to education in Bismarck made by a little known but fascinating historic site, Fort Lincoln.
Mr. Dennis Neumann, Public Information Director for UTTC, will discuss these educational
contributions and experiences in a public program entitled, “Apple Creek Plain: Opportunityto Learn,” at the Bismarck Historical Society’s April public program on Wednesday, April 9, at the Bismarck Veteran’s Memorial Public Library, beginning at 7:00 P.M. The public is invited. Refreshments will be served. Reservations are not required.
Neumann, a product of Bismarck Public Schools education, has extensive experience in public
information. He holds a Master’s degree from NDSU and worked as an anchorman in the news department of the Meyer Broadcasting Co. before managing one of the nation’s first tribal radio stations, KCND, for 20 years. He has been on the UTTC staff for the past 12 years.
Many Bismarck residents are aware of the outstanding role United Tribes Technical College continues to play in the educational history of Bismarck. A growing number of Bismarck residents are aware of the interesting and important history of the site of the UTTC campus, historic Fort Lincoln. No, not the home of Brevet Major General George A. Custer, but the OTHER Ft. Lincoln... the one near the Bismarck Airport. Once an active military post with service before and during World Wars I and II, once an internment camp for enemy aliens, Ft. Lincoln has also served as a training camp for the Civilian Conservation Corps and the Civilian Military Training Corps, as the engineering headquarters of the Garrison Dam construction project, as a Federal Job Corps Camp, and is now a well-known and highly respected educational institution providing technical training in many career specialties as well as academic schooling for Native American students from all over the country. Each of these historic functions in the life of Ft. Lincoln has had an educational component which, in turn, has played a role in the educational history of Bismarck.