North Dakota: The Peace Garden State

• Alternative Nicknames
  • Sioux State
  • Flickertail State
• Capital: Bismarck
• Major Cities:
  • Minot
  • Grand Rapids
  • Fargo
• Major Geographical Features
  • Great Plains
  • Badlands
  • Red River
  • Missouri River
  • Red River Valley
  • Lake Sakakawea
• National Parks: Theodore Roosevelt National Park
• 1889: North Dakota becomes the 39th state
• 1932: Peace Garden established to celebrate relations between Canada and the United States
• 2013: North Dakota has the fastest growing economy in the United States due to a recent discovery of oil and natural gas
• Motto: "Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One and Inseparable"
• Name Meaning: "Friends" in Sioux
• Industries
  • Wheat
  • Rye
  • Barley
• Rugby, North Dakota is the geographic center of North America
• North Dakota is 90% farms, making it the most rural state
• Home to 365 commonly seen songbird species
• Writing Rock is a glacial boulder with undated Native American writing on it
• Famous People
  • Sacajawea
  • Lawrence Welk