Spectator sports are to be found in almost every town, and include baseball, diamond or soft ball, basketball, football, golf, tennis, track events, boxing tournaments, and horseshoe pitching. [Illustration: GEN. GEORGE A. CUSTER] [Illustration: SITTING BULL] [Illustration: BATTLE OF THE BADLANDS, 1864 Drawing by a soldier who participated in the engagement] [Illustration: Opposite STATE CAPITOL, BISMARCK _Photo by Risem_] [Illustration: A "LITTLE OLD SOD SHANTY" OF EARLY DAYS] [Illustration] [Illustration: REVIVING A NORWEGIAN FOLKDANCE, ESMOND, N. DAK. _Photo by P. B. Rognlie_] CITY NEIGHBORS BISMARCK =Railroad Stations:= Northern Pacific, Main Ave. bet. 4th and 5th Sts., for N. P. Ry.; Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie, 117 7th St., for Soo Line. =Bus Stations:= Union Bus & Truck Terminal, 618 Bdwy., for Northland Greyhound Lines and Interstate Transportation Co.; Grand Pacific Hotel, Bdwy. and 4th St., Mandan-Bismarck, for local intercity line, fare 25c. =Airport:= Municipal airport, 2 m. SE. of city on unmarked county road, taxi fare 50c, time 10 min., for Northwest and Hanford Airlines. Day and night service, no public hangars. =Taxis:= Fare 25c in first zone and to Capitol; 35c to outlying districts. =City Bus Line:= Busses leave Patterson Hotel, Main Ave. at 5th St. and cor. of 4th St. and Bdwy., through residential district to Capitol, fare 10c. =Traffic Regulations:= No U-turn on through streets, Main Ave. (US 10) and 6th St. (US 83). Turns in either direction at intersections and vehicle to the right has right-of-way. One-way streets border Custer Park in W. end of city. Street signs show hour parking limits in business district. =Accommodations:= 6 hotels; tourist camp adjoining Riverside Park at SW. edge of city, reached by turning L. on US 10 just before reaching Liberty Memorial Bridge. =Information Service:= Association of Commerce, 215 6th St. City Hostess maintains office here also. =Theaters and Motion Picture Houses:= Bismarck Auditorium, Bdwy. at 6th St., occasional road shows and local productions; 3 motion picture theaters. =Golf:= 18-hole course at Country Club on NW. outskirts of city (_greens fee 40c, Sat. and Sun. 75c_). =Tennis:= Country Club and Hughes Field, 316 Ave. D, W. =Swimming:= Outdoor municipal pool, 323 W. Bdwy. =Skating:= Floodlighted rinks at 7th St. and Ave. D, 4th St. and Ave. F, Hannafin St. and Ave. A. =Hunting and Fishing:= Information can be obtained from State Game and Fish Department in the Capitol.