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- No, the sites were acquired from the U.S. Air Force by the State Historical Society of North Dakota in 2008 with public tours becoming available in 2009.
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Each LF and MAF was dynamited or filled, except Oscar Zero MAF, which was preserved by the U.S. Air Force to become a state historic site in 2007. It is now on the National Register of Historic Places. Minuteman III missile fields are still operating in North Dakota, based out of Minot Air Force Base.
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In many ways, the Cold War was unlike any other war the world had experienced because it wasn’t about direct combat, and success wasn’t defined by eliminating an enemy. It was about distrust, tension, and competition—and the arms race illustrated the intensity and severity of what was at stake. By the 1950s, both the United States and the USSR were...
There are several decommissioned missile silos throughout the Dakotas, and it’s entirely possible that you could simply drive right past them during a visit. While not exactly hidden in plain sight, we pulled into the driveway of the Oscar-Zero Missile Alert Facility in much the same way we might pull into a friend’s driveway—if, of course, that fr...
Just 15 miles south of the Canadian border, it would be hard to miss the large pyramid in an otherwise barren North Dakota landscape. Located in the small town of Nekoma, the Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex would look more at home near Chichen Itza or in Cairothan it does in what could be characterized as the middle of nowhere. Earlier in ou...
The Pyramid of North Dakota is about an hour and a half by car from the Ronald Reagan Minuteman Missile State Historic Site, and it’s easy to visit both in just one day. We stayed in Fargo, but Grand Forks is also a good option—and potentially closer to both sites because it is about 90 minutes away from each of them. We use Booking.com when we tra...
We ended our night back where we started our morning, in Fargo, and Adam and I debriefed our day over German food and local beer. As it turned out, the Peace Garden State had played an important role in keeping the peace during the Cold War. In a way, we shouldn’t have been surprised at all. History lives in all of our backyards; even our own, near...
- Stephanie Hubka
The Ronald Reagan Minuteman Missile State Historic Site consists of two former missile sites around Cooperstown, North Dakota that were part of North Dakota military activities during the Cold War years: the Oscar-Zero Missile Alert Facility and the November-33 Launch Facility.
- 17 acres (6.9 ha)
- Cooperstown, North Dakota
- July 29, 2009
Sep 8, 2015 · Cold War America is on full display at the Ronald Reagan Minuteman Missile Site, North Dakota’s coolest State Historic Site. The Oscar-Zero Missile Alert Facility and the November-33...
The Ronald Reagan Minuteman Missile State Historic Site actually consists of two sites telling the story of the Cold War years in North Dakota. They are the Oscar-Zero Missile Alert Facility and the November-33 Launch Facility.
Oct 7, 2006 · The State Historical Society of North Dakota is working to preserve that legacy by converting two missile sites near Cooperstown into a state historic site that tells the story of...
The Minuteman Missile National Historic Site is an American national historic site established in 1999 near Wall, South Dakota, to illustrate the history and significance of the Cold War, the nuclear arms race, and intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) development.