It was the summer residence of Marquis de Mores. He came to area and opened a beef packing plant, a stagecoach line, freight company, refrigerator rail cars. He built the town after his wife, Medora.
The owner built a meat processing plant on the prairie, and being rich,met Teddy Roosevelt...who fell in love with the area, which became Teddy Roosevelt national park
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