Sheyenne River Valley Scenic Byway
Clausen Springs Recreational Area, ND

Originally named Birch Creek, this was well known among Indians, fur trappers, and hunters from Pembina as a prime camping spot. Fremont and Nicollet camped here in 1839, five thousand Sioux gathered here in 1853, and five companies of the Minnesota Mounted Rangers of Sibley's Expedition stopped here in 1863.

Birch Creek was a regular camping place for supply trains, dispatch riders and cattle drivers who supplied the whole fort system of Forts Ransom, Totten, Stevenson and Buford. Today the area bears the name of three brothers who settled here in 1879, and it still remains a popular camping spot for hundreds of people each year.