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==Culture== {{Unreferenced section|date=October 2010}} [[Image:Hillsboro, North Dakota.jpg|thumb|upright|The historic Traill Theatre in Hillsboro]] ===Recreation=== The city of Hillsboro operates a large park on the north side of town. Woodland City Park sits on the banks of the [[Goose River (North Dakota)|Goose River]]. It offers a public swimming pool and scenic views of a dam on the river. For many years, there was also a group of [[deer]] living in a penned in area of the park, though they no longer reside there. The Goose River Golf Club sits directly north of town. Hillsboro also has railroad park alongside its Main Street to the East, containing a historic railroad caboose and a statute of the local high school mascot, the burro. Railroad Park has become an area of focused improvement by the City Commission, with projects planned to revitalize this green space. ===Media=== The local paper is the weekly ''[[Hillsboro Banner]]''. The ''Banner'' has been published continuously since 1879, making it the oldest weekly newspaper in the state of [[North Dakota]]. Hillsboro has no radio stations of its own. Nearby stations include [[KMAV-FM|KMAV 105.5 FM]] and [[KMSR|KMSR 1520 AM]] in nearby [[Mayville, North Dakota|Mayville]] and [[KRJB|KRJB 106.5 FM]] in [[Ada, Minnesota]]. Residents have access to radio stations and network affiliates from both [[Media in Grand Forks, North Dakota|Grand Forks]] and [[Media in Fargo–Moorhead|Fargo–Moorhead]]. ===Sites of interest=== * The [[Amos and Lillie Plummer House]], a historic 1897 mansion that has been converted to a museum and restored to its turn of the century elegance * [[Traill County Courthouse]], a historic building near the center of the town, with a large dome on top, with paintings on the interior. There is a bust of Abraham Lincoln located nearby * Pioneer Museum, museum complex featuring: :*Centennial Building, military, school, and [[settler|pioneer]] collections :*Pioneer Building, agriculture collection :*St. Olaf Chapel, church that resembles small, rural Churches that typify the Red River Valley :*Log Cabin, a [[log cabin]] built on the banks of the [[Red River of the North]] in the 1870s
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