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Ever since starting the first grade, Saje Beard has commuted to her one-room school near Bismarck (pop. 55,532) on her mule named Ruth. Now in the fourth grade, Saje ties her mule to a tree near the playground once she arrives at school and feeds it treats throughout the day.

first appeared: 9/18/2005

The 96-mile single-track Maah Daah Hey Trail for hikers, equestrians and cyclists winds through badlands and grasslands and connects the north and south sections of Theodore Roosevelt National Park between Watford City (pop. 1,435) and Medora (pop. 100).

first appeared: 9/11/2005

Golfers today can follow the Lewis and Clark Golf Trail, which includes 200-plus holes that lie along the route blazed by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark during their expedition from 1804 to 1806.

first appeared: 8/28/2005

In 1990, Mary Fors organized the Prairie Rose Lace Makers in Bismarck (pop. 55,532) to practice and preserve the 16th-century art of making bobbin lace. The group meets monthly to exchange patterns and ideas and gives lace-making demonstrations at festivals.

first appeared: 8/14/2005

Volunteers restored the 1899 Ladbury Church near Sibley (pop. 46) in 2002 as part of the Prairie Churches of North Dakota project, a program of Preservation North Dakota to save the state’s 2,000-plus historic churches established by homesteaders.

first appeared: 7/31/2005

The 1868 log cabin that served as Grand Forks’ (pop. 49,321) first post office and a 1917 one-room schoolhouse are among the attractions at the Myra Museum in Grand Forks. Also on the grounds, the Carriage House displays a surrey, sleigh, grain wagon and 1929 Model A Ford sedan.

first appeared: 7/17/2005

Born in Dickinson (pop. 16,010), actress Dorothy Stickney (1896-1998) is best known for her role in Life with Father, which opened at the Empire Theater in New York in 1939 and ran for seven years with more than 3,224 performances.

first appeared: 6/19/2005

Long X is among the state’s oldest cattle brands. The brand has been used on the Long X Ranch, founded by brothers W.D. and George T. Reynolds near Watford City (pop. 1,435), since the 1880s.

first appeared: 6/5/2005

The Pembina River in Cavalier and Pembina counties is the state’s only whitewater river. Mainly in the spring, paddlers encounter class one rapids, the smallest waves on a scale to six, on their way to Walhalla (pop. 1,057).

first appeared: 5/22/2005

In April 2004, Lori Malafa, of West Fargo (pop. 14,940), became the first woman promoted to captain by the North Dakota Highway Patrol. She is training director at the state’s Law Enforcement Training Academy in Bismarck (pop. 55,532).

first appeared: 5/8/2005

The nation’s largest beet sugar producer, American Crystal Sugar Co., operates processing plants at Drayton (pop. 913) and Hillsboro (pop. 1,563) and at sites in Minnesota and Montana. Sugar beets are grown on about 500,000 acres in the Red River Valley.

first appeared: 4/24/2005

Williston (pop. 12,512) is home to the world’s largest wheat sculpture. The three 35-foot iron stalks honor the town’s pioneers and agricultural heritage.

first appeared: 4/10/2005

Dean Kutz (1958-2004), born in Carrington (pop. 2,268), was one of the nation’s top jockeys, with more than 2,800 victories.

first appeared: 3/27/2005

Fort Ransom (pop. 70) took its name from an 1867 military fort and Union Gen. T.E.G. Ransom.

first appeared: 3/13/2005

The 154-by-110-foot Geese in Flight, near Regent (pop. 211), is believed to be the world’s largest scrap-metal sculpture.

first appeared: 2/27/2005

In 1922, the Indian Head Mine, a surface coalmine, began operations on 2,000 acres of land near Beulah (pop. 3,152). In 2002, on the 25th anniversary of the passage of the federal Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act, mine owners received an award from the U.S. Department of the Interior for successfully reclaiming the land for livestock grazing.

first appeared: 2/13/2005

A seven-story observation tower at the Pembina State Museum in Pembina (pop. 642) offers 360-degree views of the Red River Valley’s farms and geological features. Inside the museum, exhibits cover the region’s first people, fur traders and military personnel stationed at frontier forts.

first appeared: 1/30/2005

One of the nation’s largest populations of sharp-tailed grouse inhabits the 26,900-acre Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge near Stanley (pop. 1,279). The combination of native grasslands and wetlands found there also attracts Sprague’s pipets, marbled godwits and grasshopper sparrows.

first appeared: 1/16/2005

Mandan Indians constructed the On-A-Slant Indian Village in about 1575 on a sloping bench of land on the west bank of the Missouri River. The site is now part of Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park near Mandan (pop. 16,718).

first appeared: 1/2/2005

In 1861, President Abraham Lincoln appointed William Jayne the first governor of the Dakota Territory. Jayne was Lincoln’s doctor, mayor of Springfield, Ill., and an Illinois lawmaker before accepting the appointment. After his term, nine more men served as territorial governor until statehood in 1889.

first appeared: 12/19/2004

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