NORTH DAKOTA THE PEACE GARDEN STATE North North Dakota is a place filled with big skies and never ending plains The rich soil and climate are ideal for growing vast fields of wheat and soybeans enough to feed millions About 89 percent of North Dakota is devoted to farming and cattle ranching The land is dotted with grain elevators and silos yet there are many wild places to explore Native Americans made their home in present day North Dakota for thousands of years In 1883 future president Theodore Roosevelt came to get a taste of the American frontier I have always said I would not have been president had it not been for my experience in North Dakota he wrote The International Peace Garden straddles the border of North Dakota and Manitoba Canada Built in 1932 the flower filled park is a symbol of peace between the United States and Canada That is why North Dakota is nicknamed The Peace Garden State International Peace Garden NORTH DAKOTA 4
NORTH DAKOTA QUICK FACT Name The word Dakota means friend or ally in the language of the Native American Sioux nation State Capital Bismarck population 68 896 Date of Statehood November 2 1889 39th state Population 756 927 47h most populous state GREAT Area Total Land and Water 70 698 square miles 183 107 sq km 19th largest state Largest City Fargo population 115 863 Nicknames The Peace Garden State the Roughrider State the Flickertail State Motto Liberty and Union Now and Forever One and Inseparable State Bird Western Meadowlark NORTH DAKOTA
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA State Flower Wild Prairie Rose State Tree American Elm State Song North Dakota Hymn Highest Point White Butte 3 506 feet 1 069 m Lowest Point Red River of the North 750 feet 229 m Average July High Temperature 82°F 28°C Record High Temperature 121°F 49°C in Steele on July 6 1936 Average January Low Temperature 1°F 17°C Record Low Temperature 60°F 51°C in Parshall on February 15 1936 Average Annual Precipitation 18 inches 46 cm Number of U S Senators 2 Greetings from Number of U S Representatives 1 U S Postal Service Abbreviation ND QUICK FACTS
