On this date in 1986, The Bismarck Tribune announced that the biggest sign in the state was going to be moved and reconstructed. In 1934, Boy Scouts used white painted rocks to spell out the name MaNDan, with the N and D capitalized, on the south side of Crying Hill in Mandan. At the time, towns across the country were encouraged to spell out their names on hills and waters towers, to help guide pilots. The sign was 300 feet long and 70 feet high. In 1959 railroad ties were used to spell out the