Bismarck, ND – Lawrence Welk didn’t have a toilet where he grew up, but visitors from His childhood house in the rural area of Dakota del Norte Now do it.
He Home Family for the Band Leader Mark the last step in the Historical Society of the State of North Dakota The almost completed objective of installing download toilets in its dozen more popular and personal sites. The most recent success, with the last three planned to complete soon, occurred before the presentation of a Welk statue in a place that attracts fans who remember “The Lawrence Welk Show”, which worked on television for decades from the 1950s.
The objective of the North Dakota group of replacing toilets with discharge units may seem a humble aspiration for some, but it is an important milestone, said Chris Dorfschmidt, historical manager of sites.
“Many of our sites are in the middle of nowhere. As I like to say, the story did not happen where it is convenient,” he said. “Therefore, if you have driven all the way, and that is the best we can do to accommodate you, it is not the most pleasant experience.”
North Dakota has 60 state historical sites: everything from museums and an underground nuclear launch installation to rock -mounted plates in the fields.
“All our sites really help share a story of us as a state,” said Dorfschmidt.
Two other facilities are scheduled to finish on June 30: in Whitestone Hill, the site of a deadly attack of 1863 by US troops against American natives; and Fort Buford, a military fort by the confluence of the Missouri-Yellowstone river.
The historical society He is also looking at the mores chateau for download toilets. The rich Marqués de Mores built the house of 26 rooms in 1883 near Medora, a current tourist city in the picturesque Badlands lands of the state where a young president Theodore Roosevelt Once wandered.
The least visited sites that do not have staff will probably not receive an update of bathrooms, which costs around $ 150,000 each.
In the Welk farm, about 50 miles (80.5 kilometers) southeast of Bismarck, the workers coincided with the color scheme of the bathroom with the buildings of the house and the farms, including the interior colors.
“We get to fit the site and harmonize with the site and be a pleasant part of the experience,” said Historical Manager of Rob Hanna sites.
