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| North Dakota Facts |
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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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Killdeer Mountain Roundup Rodeo is the home of North Dakota's oldest PRCA rodeo. |
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The Lewis and Clark expedition encountered their first grizzly (brown) bears in North Dakota. |
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