Buildings at Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park, the state's oldest park — in Medina County, North Dakota. The military post, originally named Fort McKeen, was an infantry post whosename was changed to Fort Abraham Lincoln in 1872 and expanded to the south to include a cavalry post accommodating six companies. General George Custer lived on this base prior to his ill-fated, fatal, attack on an Indian village (now often called "Custer's Last Stand" in what is now the nearby state of Montana. Photo by Carol Highsmith, 2021.