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A 400-pound, 6-foot-in-diameter bronze replica of the state's Great Seal was unveiled in February in the Capitol's Memorial Hall in Bismarck (pop. 55,532).

first appeared: 6/25/2006

On April 18, 1997, residents of Grand Forks (pop. 49,321) and East Grand Forks, Minn. (pop. 7,501), evacuated as the Red River topped the dikes and flooded both towns. The next day, a fire in downtown Grand Forks damaged or destroyed 11 buildings.

first appeared: 6/4/2006

In 1909, silent movie-star cowboy Tom Mix took Olive Stokes to a surprise wedding party—her own—at the Cowboy Hotel in Medora (pop. 100). Stokes said "I do" and was married to Mix until their divorce in 1917.

first appeared: 5/21/2006

The state opened its first hunting season for mountain lions last September to gather information about the animals' population. A quota of five mountain lions was met in January, which ended the season before its scheduled March closing.

first appeared: 5/14/2006

Built in 1872, Fort Seward military post at Jamestown (pop. 15,527) provided protection for 500 railroad workers and helped stabilize the region for settlement. Regular archaeological digs turn up clues about the fort's role.

first appeared: 4/23/2006

During hard economic times in 1893, millers at the Diamond Mill in Grand Forks (pop. 49,321) created a porridge using farina and called it Cream of Wheat because of its white color. Americans lapped it up.

first appeared: 4/9/2006

Arrow-Tech Inc. in Rolla (pop. 1,147) manufactures equipment to detect biological, chemical and nuclear agents and is the only manufacturer of the Federal Emergency Management Agency-designed pocket dosimeter, a device used to detect radiation.

first appeared: 3/26/2006

Minot (pop. 36,567) was known as "Little Chicago" during the Prohibition era because the town was a hub for liquor smuggling operations.

first appeared: 3/12/2006

Bison at the 1,674-acre Sullys Hill National Game Preserve in Devils Lake (pop. 7,222) are believed to be the closest genetically pure herd linked to the original Great Plains bison, which nearly became extinct in the 1880s.

first appeared: 2/26/2006

An 1890s photograph of the John Bakken family with their sod house near Milton (pop. 85) served as inspiration for the U.S. postage stamp released in 1962 to commemorate the centennial of the Homestead Act.

first appeared: 2/12/2006

The high price of gasoline doesn’t bother owners of Global Electric Motorcars, established in 1998 in Fargo. The company, bought by DaimlerChrysler Co. in 2000, is the world’s leading manufacturer of neighborhood electric cars. Models include two-passenger, four-passenger and utility vehicles.

first appeared: 1/29/2006

Grand Forks (pop. 49,321) residents ate a whopping 4,518 pounds of french fries in a single serving last September and set a record during the town’s annual Potato Bowl U.S.A., a tribute to the region’s potato growers.

first appeared: 1/15/2006

MISS NORTH DAKOTA 2006—Jacqueline Marie Johnson is a chemistry major at Gustavus Adolphus College in Saint Peter, Minn. (pop. 9,747), with a perfect 4.0 GPA. The Fargo native has played the cello since she was a child, and went on to become principal cellist in the Fargo-Moorhead Area Youth Symphony.

first appeared: 1/8/2006

The Bagg Bonanza Farm, a National Historic Landmark near Mooreton (pop. 204), is one of the last "bonanza" farms. The farms of several thousand acres were created in the late 1800s when Northern Pacific Railroad sold land to investors to cover its debts.

first appeared: 1/1/2006

Grahams Island State Park near Devils Lake (pop. 7,222) takes its name from fur trader Capt. Duncan Graham, the first known white settler who arrived in the area around 1815. The 1,122-acre park is the largest of three recreation areas in the Devils Lake State Park system, centered around the state’s largest natural body of water.

first appeared: 12/4/2005

Baseball’s famous base stealer is honored at the Maury Wills Museum in Fargo. In 1962, Wills, a shortstop and switch-hitting batter for the Los Angeles Dodgers, stole 104 bases, breaking Ty Cobb’s 1915 season record of 96. The museum is located on the ground floor of the Fargo-Moorhead Redhawk’s Newman Outdoor Field.

first appeared: 11/20/2005

Launched in 1908, the USS North Dakota battleship was the first U.S. naval ship named for the state. Decommissioned in 1923, the ship was sold for scrap.

first appeared: 11/6/2005

Guests saddle up at Knife River Ranch, a private working cattle ranch on the Knife River near Golden Valley (pop. 183), and participate in seasonal activities, including cattle roundups.

first appeared: 10/23/2005

A 230-year-old house from Norway was dismantled, shipped to Minot (pop. 36,567) in 1991 and reassembled in Scandinavian Heritage Park, which also features a Danish windmill, Nordic-style visitor center and a statue of Norwegian explorer Leif Eriksson (c. 975-1020).

first appeared: 10/9/2005

In 2002, Pointe of View Winery in Burlington (pop. 1,096) became the state’s first commercial winery. Among its specialties are honey and native fruit wines, including apple and chokecherry.

first appeared: 9/25/2005

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