North Dakota

President Theodore Roosevelt founded the United States Forest Service and signed the Antiquities Act in 1906, which was designed to preserve and protect unspoiled places such as his beloved North Dakota Badlands, now known as Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Herds of American Bison thundered across the Badlands through the 1860s. The park is now home to more than 400 wild buffalo, an animal once on the brink of extinction.

SUBJECT: DESCRIPTION: US RANKING:
Population: 0.63 Million 47
Land Area: 69,000 sq mi 17
Highest Point: White Butte (3,506 feet) 30
Largest City: Fargo (0.16 Million) --
Capital: Bismark --


Towering bluffs, vast prairies, clear blue skies, and plenty of open room to explore. Immense uninhabited grassy plains and bluffs stretching for miles in all directions. One of America's least populated states where the leading industry is agriculture. North Dakota has the fourth lowest population density behind Alaska, Wyoming, and Montana. Located far from the bustling crowds of the Midwest in a quiet secluded corner of the country that is filled with an abundance of wildlife.

North Dakota's premier scenic attraction is the Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Named after the American president who came to hunt, fish, and raise cattle in the Dakota Territory. Buffalo, mule deer, pronghorn, and wild horses find refuge in this park and North Dakota's 60 National Wildlife Refuges (NWRs). The largest number of NWRs in the U.S.

One of the most exciting excursions in North Dakota is provided by those who choose to venture deep into the Badlands on horseback. An expedition which rivals such adventures as white-water rafting in Idaho or canoeing the Boundary Waters of Minnesota. Nearby outfitters will match you with an appropriate mount and provisions to link you with the Old West. Similar to how Lewis and Clark, Sakakawea, George Custer, Sitting Bull and Theodore Roosevelt rode through this state. Saddle up and ride into a time forgotten. Amidst terrain that epitomizes the western frontier.



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