January 24: Huff Bar
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Prairie Public NewsRoom On Air Now Playing FM 1: NPR News / Classical On Air Now Playing FM 2: Roots, Rock, and Jazz On Air Now Playing FM 3: NPR News / AAA Music On the west bank of the Missouri River, about halfway between Mandan and Cannon Ball, sits the tiny town of Huff. The area was first homesteaded in 1888 by John S. Huff. A Northern Pacific Railroad station was built in 1910, and a post office opened in 1911. Huff never had a population that exceeded 60 people, but at one point there was a school, grain elevator, dance hall, store, restaurant, and motel.