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Fort Abercrombie, 12 miles north of Wahpeton (pop. 9,039), was the site of a six-week engagement with Sioux Indians in 1862. Today, the restored fort is a state historic site.

first appeared: 12/31/2000

Actress Angie Dickinson was born Angeline Brown on Sept. 30, 1931, in Kulm (pop. 462). Angie and her sisters grew up around her family's weekly newspaper offices before moving to California when she was 10.

first appeared: 12/24/2000

Country singer Lynn Anderson, best known for the 1970s hit Rose Garden, was born in Grand Forks (pop. 50,675). She attributes her love of country music to her mother, songwriting great Liz Anderson.

first appeared: 12/17/2000

Lake Sakakawea, a 180-mile reservoir on the Missouri River, is named after the Native American woman who helped guide the Lewis and Clark expedition.

first appeared: 12/10/2000

The state capital of Bismarck was named after the chancellor of Germany, Otto von Bismarck in 1873.

first appeared: 12/3/2000

English stockholders of the Soo Line Railroad named Bowbells (pop. 410) after an area in London where the bells from three churches could be heard.

first appeared: 11/26/2000

Theodore Roosevelt National Park in western North Dakota is the only national park named after a president. The area was established as a memorial park in 1947 and became a national park in 1978.

first appeared: 11/19/2000

The Peace Garden State is the most agricultural of all the states, with farms covering more than 90 percent of the land.

first appeared: 11/12/2000

The world’s largest buffalo monument is at Frontier Village in Jamestown (pop. 14,983). The concrete structure is 26 feet high, 46 feet long, and weighs 60 tons.

first appeared: 11/5/2000

Devils Lake is the largest natural body of water in North Dakota. The name of the 100,000-acre lake is derived from the Native American word miniwuakan. Early explorers incorrectly translated the word to mean “bad spirit,” and—bolstered by legends of drowned warriors and lake monsters—the name evolved into Devils Lake.

first appeared: 10/22/2000

The International Peace Garden straddles the international boundary between North Dakota and the Canadian province of Manitoba. In 1957, state lawmakers formally adopted the name, the Peace Garden State, in honor of the site.

first appeared: 10/8/2000

Kenmare (pop. 1,256) is the self-proclaimed Goose Capital of North Dakota. Each fall, more than 400,000 snow geese on their southward migration visit three nearby wildlife refuges.

first appeared: 9/24/2000

Lawrence Welk was born in Strasburg on March 11, 1903. The son of German-speaking immigrants from Russia, Welk did not learn English until he was 21, accounting for his distinctive accent.

first appeared: 9/10/2000

Western writer Louis L’Amour was born March 22, 1908, in Jamestown (pop. 14,983). His 100-plus novels, 30 of which were developed into movies, have sold more than 225 million copies.

first appeared: 8/27/2000

The town of Rugby (pop. 2,763) in north-central North Dakota is the geographical center of North America. The site is marked by a 15-foot rock monument flanked by poles flying the U.S. and Canadian flags.

first appeared: 8/13/2000

The northern harrier, or “marsh hawk,” a common bird of prey in the state, flies an estimated 100 miles every day of its life searching for small mammals, frogs, reptiles, and other prey.

first appeared: 7/30/2000

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