North Dakota s fraught history of lynching ranged from mocking ads to the front page of The New York Times
Lynchings didn’t just happen in the antebellum south. North Dakota was home to some of the most infamous lynchings on the frontier. 6:30 am, Feb. 19, 2021 ×
While it might look more like a photo taken at the Sears Family Portrait Studio, this photo in 1930 is of the victim of the last man lynched in North Dakota and the lawman who initially brought him to justice, but couldn t keep the lynch mob from hanging him off of a bridge. It is one of many unusual lynchings in the state. From left: State s Attorney J.S. Taylor, accused killer Charles Bannon, Williams County Deputy Sheriff Earl Gorden and Sheriff Charles Jacobson. Photo courtesy: State of North Dakota Courts