North+Dakota

North Dakota- Matthew Rush Welcome to the **Flickertail State,** North Dakota

History-
 * 39th state established in 1889
 * In 1930 the Great Depression ruined crop prices and North Dakotans went bankrupt
 * North Dakota has a lot of natural disasters- In 1997 the Red River Valley floods causing billions of dollars of damage- In 2009 thousands of people are evacuated because of rising waters
 * Native Americans were the first people to live in North Dakota
 * The Dakota Boom was when the railroad came to North Dakota and they got a lot of immigrants
 * The first settlers were Europeans
 * In 1800 France sells the Louisiana territory
 * In 1876 General George Armstrong Custer and his troops leave North Dakota

Native Americans-

A lot of Native Americans lived in North Dakota including the Sioux, Cheynee, Mandan, Hidasta, and the Arika. When the European settlers arrived they brought diseases that killed the Native Americans and nearly 1,700 Mandan died from a disease called small pox. Then all the settlers arrived and all the Native Americans lost land. Today five percent of North Dakota's population are Native Americans.

State Facts-
 * 70,704 square miles
 * Population is 646,844
 * It is a very rural state

Geography-
 * Missouri Plateau
 * Farmland and prairies
 * Red River Valley
 * Great Plains Region
 * Lakes

Climate and Region- In the summer it is 81/55 degrees. In the fall it is 55/31 degrees. In the winter it is 23/3 degrees. In the spring it is 54/31 degrees. It is in the Middle West Region.
 * Four changing seasons

Natural Resource- North Dakota's greatest resource is soil. Industries- The greatest industry is agriuclture. If the crop and cattle prices do well so does the state. Crops Wheat is the most important crop, but they also have barley and sunflower seeds Government-
 * State Govenor is Jack Dalrymple
 * Capital is Bismark
 * They have two US Senators, one is Kent Conrad and he is a Democrat
 * They have one US Representative
 * They have one Republican
 * They have 47 State Senators
 * They 97 State Representatives
 * They hve 53 counties in total
 * They have had the same constitution since 1889

State Symbols- Tree= American Elm Flower= Wild Praire Rose Fish= Northern Pike Beverage= Milk Main Dish= Borscht and was brought from the Europeans Fun Facts-
 * Phil Jackson is from North Dakota
 * Dakota is Siox for allies or friends
 * It was nicknamed Flickertail state after the Flickertail ground squirrel
 * North Dakota is one of the best places in the world to find dinosaur fossils
 * The town of Rugby is the exact geographic center in North America
 * A statue in Jamestown is knowm as the largest buffalo statue, it is made out of concrete and weighs 60 pounds