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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Max G. Taubert of Casselton, North Dakota built a 50 foot high pyramid of empty oil cans. It is believed to be the highest oil can structure in the world.
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When Dakota Territory was created in 1861 it was named for the Dakota Indian tribe. Dakota is a Sioux word meaning friends or allies.