North Dakota

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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