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North Dakota

Why North Dakota?

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Canada

1.Bad, unpredictable weather...

3.The least visited state in America!2.In the middle of nowhere...

Research time!

Red River

Lake Oahe

Red River

Lake Oahe

Red River

Lake Oahe

RugbyGeographic Center of

North America

Red River

Lake Oahe

RugbyGeographic Center of

North America

Giant Dala Horse

Red River

Lake Oahe

RugbyGeographic Center of

North America

Giant Dala Horse

DunseithGiant Wheel Turtle

Red River

Lake Oahe

RugbyGeographic Center of

North America

Giant Dala Horse

New SalemWorld’s Largest Cow

DunseithGiant Wheel Turtle

Red River

Lake Oahe

RugbyGeographic Center of

North America

Giant Dala Horse

New SalemWorld’s Largest Cow

DunseithGiant Wheel Turtle

Regent

The EnchantedHighway

Red River

Lake Oahe

RugbyGeographic Center of

North America

Giant Dala Horse

New SalemWorld’s Largest Cow

SteeleWorld’s Largest Crane

DunseithGiant Wheel Turtle

Regent

The EnchantedHighway

Red River

Lake Oahe

RugbyGeographic Center of

North America

Giant Dala Horse

New SalemWorld’s Largest Cow

WahpetonWorld’s Largest Catfish

SteeleWorld’s Largest Crane

DunseithGiant Wheel Turtle

Regent

The EnchantedHighway

Red River

Lake Oahe

RugbyGeographic Center of

North America

Giant Dala Horse

New SalemWorld’s Largest Cow World’s Largest Buffalo

WahpetonWorld’s Largest Catfish

SteeleWorld’s Largest Crane

DunseithGiant Wheel Turtle

Regent

The EnchantedHighway

Red River

Lake Oahe

RugbyGeographic Center of

North America

Giant Dala Horse

New SalemWorld’s Largest Cow World’s Largest Buffalo

WahpetonWorld’s Largest Catfish

SteeleWorld’s Largest Crane

DunseithGiant Wheel Turtle

Regent

The EnchantedHighway

The Bakken

Formation

Early Native Americans

The Louisiana Purchase

On the Trail of Lewis and Clark

On the Trail of Lewis and Clark

Fort MandonIn the 1970s a local historical group built a replica of the original Fort

Mandon on the shores of the Missouri River.

1872: Northern Pacific Railway

1872: Northern Pacific Railway

1872: Northern Pacific Railway

1872: Northern Pacific Railway

Military Confrontations

General Custer Sitting Bull

Military Confrontations

General Custer Sitting Bull

Indian Reservations

A Taste of North Dakotan Literature

Louise Erdrich

The Peace Treaties (1850-1870)

39th State to enter the Union

President Benjamin Harrison

formally admitted North and

South Dakota to the Union on

April 2, 1889.

United Tribes International Pow-wow

In Bismarck every September, more than 70 tribes and 1500 dancers and drummers demonstrate their dance and music.

Devils Lake

North Dakota’s largest natural body of water!

Many Public and Private Universities

That’s Sylvia with Warren Christopher at

the University of North Dakota!

Go North Dakota!

The Ralph Engelstad Arena

That’s me brushing shoulders with the stars!

Sylvia makes it on the

Lawrence Welk Show!

Thanh-Ha behind the

scenes with Ed Schultz

Checking out Local Entertainers

Top Chefs

Marie and her teddy bear

RugbyRed River

Regent

The EnchantedHighway

Giant Dala Horse

WahpetonWorld’s Largest Catfish

Lake Oahe

World’s LargestBuffalo Steele

World’s Largest Crane

New SalemWorld’s Largest Cow

DunseithGiant Wheel Turtle

The Bakken

Formation

What CAN’T you do in North Dakota?!

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Carillon Bell Tower

9/11 Memorial

International Peace Garden

1,235 Churches

The Cowboy Hall of Fame

Elected 2010 best American cowboy museum

Elected 2007 North Dakota Tourist

Attraction of the Year

Over the river and through the plains, to North Dakota we go!

Goodnight on the Lawrence Welk Show

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