Statehood:
April 28,1788 ( 7th State)
State song: "North Dakota Hymn" (1947)
State bird: western meadowlark (1947)
State tree: American elm (1947)
State flower: wild prairie rose (1907)
State Fish: northern pike (1969);
State Grass: western wheatgrass (1977);
State Fossil: teredo petrified wood (1967);
State Beverage: milk (1983);
State march: Spirit of the Land (1975);
State Equine: Nokota horse (1993);
State Dance: square dance (1995)
State Nickname:
Peace
Garden
State
,
Flickertail
State
,
Roughrider State
State Motto: "
Liberty
and union, now and forever, one and inseparable"
Highest Point: The highest point in
North
Dakota
is White Butte at 3,506 feet above sea level.
Lowest Point: The lowest point in
North Dakota
is the
Red
River
at 750 feet above sea level.
Largest cities: Fargo, 90,672; Bismarck, 57,377; Grand Forks, 49,792;
Minot, 34,984; West Fargo, 19,487; Mandan, 17,225; Dickinson, 15,666; Jamestown,
14,826; Williston, 12,193; Wahpeton, 8,220
Famous North Dakotans: Dr. Robert H. Bahmer U.S. archivist
Elizabeth Bodine humanitarian
Dr. Anne Carlsen educator
Ronald N. Davies jurist
Angie Dickinson actress, Kulm
Ivan Dmitre artist
John Bernard Flannagan sculptor, Fargo
Phyllis Frelich actress, Devils Lake
William H. Gass writer and philosopher, Fargo
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