Park renamed to “Rough Rider State Park” with campground expansion

Image courtesy of North Dakota Parks & Recreation

The park that was formerly named Sully Creek State Park has been renamed to Rough Rider State Park in conjunction with a campground expansion.

The park sits in western North Dakota and was named after Alfred Sully, who served a U.S. brigadier general during the American Indian Wars. The controversy with the name was due to Sully’s involvement in the massacre of two Sioux Nation villages in the late 19^th century.

The name Rough Rider State Park is in honor of Theodore Roosevelt and the famed volunteer cavalry he led during the Spanish-American War.