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| North Dakota Facts |
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The World's Largest Buffalo monument is located at Frontier Village in Jamestown, North Dakota. The structure is 26 feet high, 46 feet long, and weighs 60 ton. |
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President Theodore Roosevelt first came to Dakota Territory in September 1883 to hunt bison. Before returning home to New York, he became interested in the cattle business and established the Maltese Cross Ranch and the Elkhorn Ranch. |
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Named after Henry D. Minot, a young entrepreneurial visionary from the east, the town of Minot, North Dakota was conceived in the late 1800s. With the impending arrival of the Great Northern Railroad the town site was actually selected in November of 1886. |
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