UPDATE: We won! Thank you to everyone who voted and shared. It was a team effort, for sure. Our photo received 820 votes and counting. The John Deere photo was beating us by 30 votes the morning of the last day, but we came back to win it! Now Titan can show off some red…
Branding & Marketing
About the Lodge
Coteau des Prairies Lodge is truly a one-of-a-kind getaway experience. Perched on the northernmost ridge of the Coteau des Prairies, where the breathtaking view is second to none, prairie farms and fields unfold from below like a patchwork quilt. You will find yourself at home at our rustic, yet refined lodge, constructed with native North…
Coteau des Prairies Legendary
By Phillip Breker Unless you have been living under a rock, you have seen the familiar ‘North Dakota Legendary’ ad campaign. I find the theme fitting for the larger-than-life legends of North Dakota such as Lewis and Clark, Sacagawea, General Custer, Sitting Bull, Theodore Roosevelt and also the American bison, the rugged Badlands and the renowned farmland, blanketing the state. Not…
North Dakota Tourism
We are excited to announce our partnership with North Dakota Tourism. Along with other tourism businesses in the state, we will benefit from exposure in the annual North Dakota Legendary travel guide, a free publication which is circulated in the upper midwest as well as available upon request. We will be included in the 2013 edition. As the new kid on the block…
Mr. September
KFGO (The Mighty 790), the popular news talk radio station from Fargo sponsored a ‘Manliest Man’ contest. One of our website visitors saw this picture of our very own manly man, Phillip Breker, and decided it should be entered in the contest. Phillip went up against some of the manliest men in the greater Red…
The Dakota Marker
For 8 years, the NDSU Bison and the SDSU Jackrabbits have battled fiercely in a newly forged Division I football rivalry. On October 22nd, NDSU traveled to Brookings to attempt something it hadn’t accomplished since 1999…to defeat the Jackrabbits on their own turf! This year, the Bison were successful and they evened the record of…
Breker Farm Featured in Dakota Farmer Magazine
The family farm which is bringing you Coteau des Prairies Lodge is featured in the October issue of Dakota Farmer Magazine. The article briefly summarizes the recent history and leading-edge practices of the multi-generational family operation. Joe Breker is the fourth generation farmer of an operation which has sewn and harvested over a century’s worth…
Uffda Day 2011 [Video]
Take a few minutes to enjoy this celebration of our community’s Norwegian heritage. This year marked the 27th Annual Uffda Day Fall Festival, held in Rutland, ND (population 163). Thousands of folks, delighted by Scandinavian treats and the simpler things in life, flocked to the locally renown event on Sunday, October 2nd. Rutland is located…
27th Annual Uffda Day Parade
If you were one of the thousands of folks at Uffda Day this year, you may have noticed the Coteau des Prairies Lodge float in the parade! We had all kinds of fun waving, throwing candy and showing off our mini lodge on wheels. Many people stopped by to see us afterwards to learn more…
Nicollet the Mapmaker
Every logo deserves a story…
And so here is ours. The following are actual historic events (with a measure of creative license taken, of course). Let’s just say for a moment you are a highly intelligent French mathematician and astronomer circa early 1800’s. Through a series of unforeseen events, you have found your way from France to the fledgling country of America….