North Dakota passed a bill in 1987 making English the official state language.
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Niewoehner Funeral Home in Rugby, North Dakota has changed the skyline of Rugby with the construction of a 30 foot tower containing 13 bells. The largest bells, of which there are two, are 40 inches in diameter and weigh about 1,300 pounds each.
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Dakota Gasification Company in Beulah, North Dakota is the nation's only synthetic natural gas producer.