Randy Hoffman

The Bismarck-Mandan Encyclopedia Randy Hoffman

Updated for 2021: 125 additional terms have been included and nearly every existing definition has been reworked. Other improvements include better cross-referencing, design and formatting, and numerous updated images.

After more than a decade of research and composition, The Bismarck-Mandan Encyclopedia is the embodiment of the historic database published on BisManCafe.com - the hyper-local website author Randy Hoffman has owned and maintained since 2007. Featured herein are the people, places, events, and things that have shaped Bismarck-Mandan, North Dakota from past to present in an easy alphabetic arrangement. The Bismarck-Mandan Encyclopedia contains detailed definitions of such terms as A. W. Lucas Company, Alexander McKenzie, Arrowhead Plaza, Big Boy Restaurant, Corwin-Churchill Motors, Edmond Hughes, Fleck Motors, Fort Lincoln Interment Camp, Gold Seal Company, Governor "Wild Bill" Langer, Grand Pacific Hotel, King's Food Host, Kirkwood Mall, Patterson Hotel, Wheel-A-While, and hundreds more.

Recommended Companion: Dig deeper into Bismarck-Mandan history with The Complete History of Bismarck, North Dakota: Frontier to Metropolis.