North Dakota

North Dakota is a state in the Great Plains of the United States. It is bordered on the west by Montana, on the east by Minnesota, on the south by South Dakota, and on the north by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba. North Dakota, the 39th state, was admitted to the Union in 1889. In 2005, it marked the bicentennial celebration of the Lewis and Clark expedition which began in Illinois, with help from a Shoshone Indian girl, Sakakawea, as their guide, and passed through North   More...