The Story of North Dakota In 100 Landmarks

<p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>America turns 250. </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Let's go find the candles.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Looking for a history lesson that doesn't feel like homework? You've found it. At 250history.com the Semiquincentennial Series brings each state's distinctive landmarks to center stage to tell their fast and fun story. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>We've wandered through big cities tiny towns muddy trails and neon-lit highways-uncovering 5000 historic gems along the way.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Semiquincentennial isn't just a mouthful-it's a reminder that history is alive sometimes weird and always waiting to be rediscovered. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Whether you're traveling by road by printed page or by imagination; whether you are a lifelong native or visiting for a week we invite you to explore 100 North Dakota landmarks that illuminate the one-of-a-kind story of the Flickertall State. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Soddies... Roosevelt's Tree Army... fur traders... ox carts... roadside wonders... wind engines... J.C. Penney... stiff mud... Great Sioux Wars... ghost towns... round barns... Skyscraper of the Prairie... bonanza farms... the golden age of motoring... Bakken Foundation... earth lodges... Prairie Cathedrals... Granitoid... Lustron Houses... trestle bridges... wunnerful wunnerful... grottoes... Dakota War of 1862... Meskers... brown coal... Billy</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Buffalo... Dakota Boom... This book will have you telling stories like a native in no time.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The photos and stories collected here are a fast and fun way to learn the explanations behind the quirks the traditions and the secrets that make North Dakota uniquely North Dakota. Who is the Kodak camera named after? Solved. Why was the Fairview Lift Bridge raised only once? A mystery no more. What is the oldest manufacturing company in North Dakota? Identified. How Did The Store Without A Name get its name? Revealed. What became of Seaman the Newfoundland dog that accompanied Lewis and Clark? No one knows.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>It is a story only North Dakota can call its own. A story told in 100 landmarks. Almost all the selections within are open to the public or at least visible from public spaces. So fire up the GPS and see the story of the Flickertail State standing in plain sight on North Dakota streets!</span></p><p></p>