Abbie Gardner Cabin — Attraction in Arnolds Park

We led a bus tour with some of Abbie Gardner's relatives traveling with us, and the Dickenson County Preservation employees were great to work with. We planned this in advance, as it was during their off season in March, but they understood our desire to honor the victims on the 160th anniversary of the massacre and relief expedition. We were surprised by the employees who had opened the visitors center and provided more to our travelers on the bus tour than expected. We appreciated their extra efforts for such a special event! The Docents were still snow birding, so we had young people who were rangers at other preserves in the county welcome us....

A sad but interesting part of history. If you're in the area and have a little but of time to spare and enjoy museums and history this might be just right for you. You can learn a bit about the history of the area that most people have no idea about whatsoever. It's a rather small museum, you can't go inside the cabin, and the grounds are also limited so you won't need a ton of time -perhaps half...

We were gifted the book "The History of the Spirit Lake Massacre, which is the true story from the settlers viewpoint. Seeing the site and visiting the little museum was well worth our time. They have a good short film and artifacts, and the cabin can be entered. There was also a nice docent present to answer questions. If you have read the book, this...