The town is named after the wife of the Marquis de Mores, a wealthy French nobleman who established a beef packing business and summer home here. It does take you back in time. Kids ride their bikes past horse-drawn carriages full of visitors. Grown-ups mow their lawns or tend gardens while tourists stroll by. The houses are small and informal.
People like to wear jeans and baseball caps here.
Naw, we don't mind the tourists. We like to see them. There's also a library, servants' quarters, a relic room displaying the marquis' saddles, guns, boots, coats and other possessions. Tourism generates 98 percent of all sales in Medora, Golberg says. Dickinson, the nearest large city, is 34 miles east, and where many townsfolk shop.