Above: Abandoned Farmhouse in North Dakota
Did you know that ...
- The North Dakota State Bird is the Western Meadowlark.
- The North Dakota State Flower is the Wild Prairie Rose (rosa arkansana).
- The North Dakota State Tree is the American Elm (ulmus americana).
You may also be interested to know that ...
- The capital city of North Dakota is Bismarck.
- North Dakota became a State on November 2,1889 (39th or 40th -- Admitted the same day as South Dakota).
- North Dakota's motto is "Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One and Inseparable".
- North Dakota's nickname is "Peace Garden State" or "Flickertail State" or "Sioux State".
- North Dakota's State song is "North Dakota Hymn".