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| North Dakota Facts |
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New Leipzig, North Dakota is known as The Small, Friendly German Town on the Dakota Prairie and hosts an annual Oktoberfest. |
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The rich heritage of Grand Forks, North Dakota is preserved at the Myra Museum featuring an 1890's home dedicated to pioneer women, a one-room school, carriage house, and the city's original log Post Office. |
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An attempt to drop the word North from the state name was defeated by the 1947 Legislative Assembly. Again in 1989 the Legislature rejected two resolutions intended to rename the state Dakota. |
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