Sullys Hill National Game Preserve
Coordinates: 48°00′00″N 98°56′30″W / 48°N 98.94167°W
Sullys Hill National Game Preserve is a National Wildlife Refuge located on the shore of Devil's Lake in Benson County, North Dakota, within the lands of the Spirit Lake Tribe. It consists of 1,674 acres (6.8 km²) of marshes and wooded hills that are the home of 20-30 American Bison, 25-40 elk, 20-30 white-tailed deer, and a colony of prairie dogs.
In 1904, Sullys Hill National Park was established by Theodore Roosevelt. The United States Congress transferred it to the management of the Fish and Wildlife Service on 3 March 1931. It is one of only seven National Parks to have been disbanded. Of these parks, only Sullys Hill and Mackinac National Park in Michigan, now Mackinac Island State Park, are no longer under the control of the National Park Service.
It was named after General Alfred Sully, son of the painter Thomas Sully.
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