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was occupied seasonally by the family for only three years from 1883 to 1886. During the harsh winter months they would go to France, returning again in spring. After 1886 the
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itself is a two-story 26-room wood-frame building. The house is not a true chateau but was given the name by locals. While rough by aristocratic standards it was considerably more luxurious than most contemporary homes built by Dakota settlers, which were mostly constructed of
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in 1883 as a hunting lodge and summer home for his family and guests. The home is now part of the 128-acre (0.52 km)
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and entrepreneur who came to the Dakota badlands in 1883 to establish a new kind of cattle operation. He planned to
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Marquis' death, at which time she spent six weeks there.
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