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First discovered near Tioga (pop. 1,125) in 1951, oil is now the state’s leading mineral resource.

first appeared: 10/7/2001

About three-quarters of the nation’s flaxseed is harvested in North Dakota. Flaxseed is used to make linseed oil, flaxseed cooking oil, and other products.

first appeared: 9/30/2001

The International Peace Garden straddles the boundary between North Dakota and Canada. In 1956, the state motor vehicle department placed the words “Peace Garden State” on license plates, and the name proved so popular that it was formally adopted by the 1957 Legislature.

first appeared: 9/23/2001

“Liberty and union, now and forever: one and inseparable” is the state’s motto.

first appeared: 9/16/2001

With 2.3 percent of its population aged 85 and older, North Dakota leads the nation in having the highest percent of its long-lived residents in that age bracket.

first appeared: 9/9/2001

Christopher Austin at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks is the world’s only scientist studying how lizards in New Guinea can survive having up to 40 times more bile than humans.

first appeared: 9/2/2001

Covering 368,000 acres, Lake Sakakawea is the largest man-made reservoir in the nation. The lake, along the Missouri River, is 178 miles long.

first appeared: 8/26/2001

Measuring 38 feet tall and 50 feet long, Salem Sue—the world’s largest fiberglass cow—is located on School Hill, overlooking Interstate 94 at New Salem (pop. 938).

first appeared: 8/19/2001

The origin of the name of Souris (pop. 85) comes from the French word for mouse. The name once referred to the large number of mice in the area.

first appeared: 8/12/2001

White Cloud, the world’s only known albino bison, roams with the herd at the National Buffalo Museum in Jamestown (pop. 15,527).

first appeared: 8/5/2001

In 1832, the Yellow Stone became the first steamboat to travel into present-day North Dakota on the Missouri River, en route to Fort Union, a fur trading post near the mouth of the Yellowstone River.

first appeared: 7/29/2001

Power plants burning lignite coal generate more than 90 percent of North Dakota’s electricity, more than half of which is exported to other states.

first appeared: 7/22/2001

A women’s club in Grafton (pop. 5,123) opened the first public library in the state in 1897.

first appeared: 7/15/2001

Radio and television commentator Eric Sevareid was born Nov. 26, 1912, in Velva (pop. 820).

first appeared: 7/8/2001

The state’s first post office was established in Pembina (pop. 618) in 1851.

first appeared: 7/1/2001

North Star Caviar at Williston (pop. 12,463) cleans locally caught paddlefish for free in return for keeping their roe, which is sold as caviar.

first appeared: 6/24/2001

Medora (pop. 109) was named after New York-born Medora de Mores, wife of the Marquis de Mores, a Frenchman who tried to establish a meat-packing business there in the 1880s.

first appeared: 6/17/2001

Huff Village, southeast of Mandan (pop. 15,970), is the best preserved of several former Mandan Indian villages along the Missouri River. Traces of a large structure and several smaller ones that once served as houses and fortifications can still be seen at the state historic site.

first appeared: 6/10/2001

There are 11 public, three private, and five tribal universities and colleges in North Dakota.

first appeared: 6/3/2001

The average daily commute to work in Bismarck (pop. 55,105) is about 27 minutes, the shortest among the nation’s metropolitan areas, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

first appeared: 5/27/2001

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