With the Badlands of Theodore Roosevelt National Park as a backdrop, a load of PRB coal heads east across the Little Missouri River with the assistance of two DPU's pushing hard on the rear .
The chimney to the left of the DPU's is all that remains of the De Mores Meat Packing Plant. Marquis De Mores arrived at the tiny settlement of Little Missouri, Dakota Territory, in April of 1883 for the purpose of establishing a meat packing enterprise utilizing ideas that he thought would revolutionize the meat producing industry. He set up along the east bank of the Little Missouri River, in close proximity to the spot where the Northern Pacific Railway crossed the river. The plant had the capacity to process 150 cows per day. The facilities included a slaughter house, power house, cooper shop, fertilizer room, three ice houses, a cooling and storage building, loading platform, and holding pens. By processing beef here, he hoped eliminate the weight loss and expenses incurred by shipping live cattle to Chicago.
The venture was not successful for various reasons and the plant closed in 1886. A fire in 1907 destroyed the premises. As part of a WPA project the chimney and portions of the slaughterhouse foundation were repaired. The site is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
