Four Bears Bridge
by Lucid Thomas
November 30, 2020 — The Four Bear Bridge has a long and rich history. Since the 15th century, Mandan, Hidasta and Arikara tribes lived in the river bottomland. When the Fort Berthold Indian reservation was created in 1851, they became the Three Affiliated Tribes, and in 1934 they built a bridge to cross the Missouri River at the now underwater town of Elbowoods. The…