An emblem of North Dakota pride, Medora Musical turns 60 with surprise visitors

An emblem of North Dakota pride, Medora Musical turns 60 with surprise visitors

MEDORA, N.D. — Stars, stripes, horses, beige buttes and odes to Theodore Roosevelt — there are few greater examples of North Dakota identity than the Medora Musical. That was the vision of the show’s founders, the late Harold and Sheila Schafer, who in 1965 used the production as a vessel to preserve the town’s history and transform it into a hallmark of the state. “This dream never belonged to just us, it’s in every voice that's sung on this st…