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CASD
100th
ANNIVERSARY
NORTH
1889-1989
DAKOTA
CENTERINIAL
1985 North Dakota Centennial Commission
INFORMATION KIT
NORTH
DAKOTA
CENTENNIAL
1985 North Dakota Centennial Commission
Patrick J. Brown
DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS
North Dakota Centennial Commission
PHONE: 701-224-2589
2204 EAST BROADWAY
BISMARCK, ND 58501
Davis/Wallace
April 20, 7 p.m.
Draft: Three
Title: Bismarck
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: CAPITOL SQUARE
BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA
MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2:30 p.m.
Thank you Tom
It's good to see you all
Governor
(George) Sinner, Senators (Quentin) Burdick and (Kent) Conrad,
Congressman (Bryan) Dorgan, Majority Leader (Bill) Heigarrd
(High-gard), Minority Leader (John) Olson, Speaker (Bill)
Kretschmar (Kretch-mar), Majority Leader (Richard) Kloubec
(Clough-back)
Thank you all for inviting me to dedicate
North Dakota's Centennial Grove.
((When I accepted your invitation to come to Bismarck, I had
no idea you were going to put me to work
A sapling, they
said. All you have to do is plant a sapling. No one told me
that the sapling in question is twelve-feet tall
))
This hardy elm is a descendant of a tree planted on the
White House lawn by John Quincy Adams. Now it and its seedlings
will be a part of North Dakota, and this beautiful grove, forever
2
Just a few years before this state was carved out of the
Dakota territory, a young man from New York City set aside a
prominent career in politics to become a North Dakota rancher.
Having lost his wife and mother in a single day, he came to these
parts almost insane with grief. No tenderfoot, he worked the
range in the harshest weather, always leading, never following.
He wore a sheriff's badge, and roamed the Badlands to
singlehandedly bring the worst characters to justice. In short,
Teddy Roosevelt became a man in North Dakota. And he became
something else -- a guardian of nature. When he went back East,
and back to politics, Teddy Roosevelt took with him an
understanding that the seemingly endless resources of the West
were threatened by the unfettered exploitation of man. As
President, Teddy Roosevelt wrote these words to school children
on Arbor Day, 1907: "A people without children would face a
hopeless future; a country without trees is almost as hopeless."
So let us honor the coming 100th birthday of North Dakota,
and the memory of the nation's first environmentalist, by
planting this Centennial Bur oak. Before the year 2000, your
state will plant 100 million trees -- almost half as many trees
in one state as there are Americans in the Union. May each tree
add to the abundance of the good life in North Dakota, and
cleaner air for North America
3
This forestation effort is just one of 600 ambitious
centennial projects North Dakotans are taking on. You are
fulfilling the spirit of volunteerism, from projects to help
senior citizens, to the building of local and community centers,
to a memorial for the North Dakotans who fell in war.
This year, you are also honoring those who settled here
before North Dakota became a state, by honoring their children --
the Sons and Daughters of the Pioneers, some 3,000 strong.
And let us especially remember, in word and deed, those
great peoples and great cultures here well before anyone else --
the Native Americans of North Dakota. These Americans knew the
plains when buffalo ranged in the millions. We can learn from
them a special, poignant knowledge that nature, once violated, is
forever altered.
But we do not have to accept as inevitable the spoiling of
our air, our rivers, our wetlands and our forests. When North
Dakotans celebrate their bicentennial, this native Bur oak will
be a mammoth tree, almost 50 feet tall, as hardy and strong as
the people it represents. Let it stand as a symbol of our
commitment to a clean and healthy environment. May we always
have the priceless resource of the outdoors for the enjoyment of
our children and our children's children.
4
Thank you for asking me to help you here today with this
wonderful celebration. I will watch with interest, and lend a
hand where I can, as this tree grows and develops, just like the
Peace Garden state.
Happy birthday North Dakota. God Bless you, and God Bless
America.
#
#
#
Davis/Wallace
April 20, 7 p.m.
Draft: Three
Title: Bismarck
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: CAPITOL SQUARE
BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA
MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2:30 p.m.
Thank you Tom
It's good to see you all
Governor
(George) Sinner, Senators (Quentin) Burdick and (Kent) Conrad,
Congressman (Bryan) Dorgan, Majority Leader (Bill) Heigarrd
(High-gard), Minority Leader (John) Olson, Speaker (Bill)
Kretschmar (Kretch-mar), Majority Leader (Richard) Kloubec
(Clough-back)
...
Thank you all for inviting me to dedicate
North Dakota's Centennial Grove.
((When I accepted your invitation to come to Bismarck, I had
no idea you were going to put me to work
A sapling, they
said. All you have to do is plant a sapling. No one told me
that the sapling in question is twelve-feet tall
...))
This hardy elm is a descendant of a tree planted on the
White House lawn by John Quincy Adams. Now it and its seedlings
will be a part of North Dakota, and this beautiful grove, forever
2
Just a few years before this state was carved out of the
Dakota territory, a young man from New York City set aside a
prominent career in politics to become a North Dakota rancher.
Having lost his wife and mother in a single day, he came to these
parts almost insane with grief. No tenderfoot, he worked the
range in the harshest weather, always leading, never following.
He wore a sheriff's badge, and roamed the Badlands to
singlehandedly bring the worst characters to justice. In short,
Teddy Roosevelt became a man in North Dakota. And he became
something else -- a guardian of nature. When he went back East,
and back to politics, Teddy Roosevelt took with him an
understanding that the seemingly endless resources of the West
were threatened by the unfettered exploitation of man. As
President, Teddy Roosevelt wrote these words to school children
on Arbor Day, 1907: "A people without children would face a
hopeless future; a country without trees is almost as hopeless. "
So let us honor the coming 100th birthday of North Dakota,
and the memory of the nation's first environmentalist, by
planting this Centennial Bur oak. Before the year 2000, your
state will plant 100 million trees -- almost half as many trees
in one state as there are Americans in the Union. May each tree
add to the abundance of the good life in North Dakota, and
cleaner air for North America
3
This forestation effort is just one of 600 ambitious
centennial projects North Dakotans are taking on. You are
fulfilling the spirit of volunteerism, from projects to help
senior citizens, to the building of local and community centers,
to a memorial for the North Dakotans who fell in war.
This year, you are also honoring those who settled here
before North Dakota became a state, by honoring their children --
the Sons and Daughters of the Pioneers, some 3,000 strong.
And let us especially remember, in word and deed, those
great peoples and great cultures here well before anyone else --
the Native Americans of North Dakota. These Americans knew the
plains when buffalo ranged in the millions. We can learn from
them a special, poignant knowledge that nature, once violated, is
forever altered.
But we do not have to accept as inevitable the spoiling of
our air, our rivers, our wetlands and our forests. When North
Dakotans celebrate their bicentennial, this native Bur oak will
be a mammoth tree, almost 50 feet tall, as hardy and strong as
the people it represents. Let it stand as a symbol of our
commitment to a clean and healthy environment. May we always
have the priceless resource of the outdoors for the enjoyment of
our children and our children's children.
4
Thank you for asking me to help you here today with this
wonderful celebration. I will watch with interest, and lend a
hand where I can, as this tree grows and develops, just like the
Peace Garden state.
Happy birthday North Dakota. God Bless you, and God Bless
America.
#
#
#
REMARKS: CAPITOL SQUARE
BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA
MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2:30 P.M.
THANK YOU ToM
IT'S GOOD To SEE YOU ALL
...
GOVERNOR (GEORGE) SINNER, FORMER GOVERNOR (ARTHUR)
LINK, SENATOR (KENT) CONRAD, CONGRESSMAN (BRYAN)
DORGAN, MAJORITY LEADER (BILL) HEIGARRD (HIGH-GARD),
MINORITY LEADER (JOHN) OLSON, SPEAKER (BILL) KRETSCHMAR
(KRETCH-MAR),
- 2 -
MAJORITY LEADER (RICHARD) KLOUBEC (CLOUGH-BACK)
THANK YOU ALL FOR INVITING ME TO DEDICATE NORTH
DAKOTA'S CENTENNIAL GROVE.
((WHEN I ACCEPTED YOUR INVITATION TO COME TO
BISMARCK, I HAD NO IDEA YOU WERE GOING TO PUT ME TO
WORK
...
A SAPLING, THEY SAID. MR. PRESIDENT, ALL
YOU HAVE TO DO IS PLANT A SAPLING. No ONE TOLD ME THAT
THE SAPLING IN QUESTION IS TWELVE-FEET TALL
))
- 3 -
THIS HARDY ELM IS A DESCENDANT OF A TREE PLANTED ON
THE WHITE HOUSE LAWN BY JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. Now IT AND
ITS SEEDLINGS WILL BE A PART OF NORTH DAKOTA,
FOREVER ...
JUST A FEW YEARS BEFORE THIS STATE WAS CARVED OUT
OF THE DAKOTA TERRITORY, A YOUNG MAN FROM NEW YORK CITY
SET ASIDE A PROMINENT CAREER IN POLITICS TO BECOME A
NORTH DAKOTA RANCHER.
- 4 -
HAVING LOST HIS WIFE AND MOTHER IN A SINGLE DAY, HE
CAME TO THESE PARTS ALMOST INSANE WITH GRIEF. No
TENDERFOOT, HE WORKED THE RANGE IN THE HARSHEST
WEATHER, ALWAYS LEADING, NEVER FOLLOWING. HE WORE A
SHERIFF'S BADGE, AND ROAMED THE BADLANDS TO
SINGLEHANDEDLY BRING THE WORST CHARACTERS TO JUSTICE.
IN SHORT, TEDDY ROOSEVELT BECAME A MAN IN NORTH DAKOTA.
AND HE BECAME SOMETHING ELSE -- A GUARDIAN OF NATURE.
- 5 -
WHEN HE WENT BACK EAST, AND BACK TO POLITICS, TEDDY
ROOSEVELT TOOK WITH HIM AN UNDERSTANDING THAT THE
SEEMINGLY ENDLESS RESOURCES OF THE WEST WERE THREATENED
BY THE UNFETTERED EXPLOITATION OF MAN. As PRESIDENT,
TEDDY ROOSEVELT WROTE THESE WORDS TO SCHOOL CHILDREN ON
ARBOR DAY, 1907: "A PEOPLE WITHOUT CHILDREN WOULD FACE
A HOPELESS FUTURE; A COUNTRY WITHOUT TREES IS ALMOST AS
HOPELESS."
- 6 -
So LET US HONOR THE COMING 100TH BIRTHDAY OF NORTH
DAKOTA, AND THE MEMORY OF THE NATION'S FIRST
ENVIRONMENTALIST, BY DEDICATING THIS CENTENNIAL BUR OAK
((100 FEET FROM PODIUM AT 3 O'CLOCK)), ALONG WITH THIS
WHITE HOUSE ELM. BEFORE THE YEAR 2000, YOUR STATE WILL
PLANT 100 MILLION TREES -- ALMOST HALF AS MANY TREES IN
ONE STATE AS THERE ARE AMERICANS IN THE UNION. MAY
EACH TREE ADD TO THE ABUNDANCE OF THE GOOD LIFE IN
NORTH DAKOTA, AND CLEANER AIR FOR NORTH AMERICA
- 9 -
WE CAN LEARN FROM THEM A SPECIAL, POIGNANT KNOWLEDGE
THAT NATURE, ONCE VIOLATED, IS FOREVER ALTERED.
AROUND THE WORLD THERE IS A GROWING RECOGNITION
THAT ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS RESPECT NO BORDERS. IN
THESE FIRST FEW MONTHS IN OFFICE, WE'VE BEGUN TO ACT --
ON OUR OWN, AND IN CONCERT WITH OTHER NATIONS -- TO
FACE UP TO THIS FUNDAMENTAL FACT. WE'VE AGREED THAT
ALL NATIONS MUST TOGETHER BAN CFCs, AND PREVENT GLOBAL
WARMING.
- 10 -
AND, AS THE WORLD WAKES UP TO THESE PROBLEMS, NORTH
DAKOTA IS ALREADY AT WORK -- PLANTING TREES THAT
EXCHANGE CARBON DIOXIDE FOR FRESH OXYGEN. WHAT A
FITTING WAY TO CELEBRATE YOUR CENTENNIAL -- BY GETTING
READY FOR THE NEXT 100 YEARS.
As YOU HAVE SHOWN, WE DO NOT HAVE TO ACCEPT AS
INEVITABLE THE SPOILING OF OUR AIR, OUR RIVERS, OUR
WETLANDS AND OUR FORESTS.
- 11 -
WHEN NORTH DAKOTANS CELEBRATE THEIR BICENTENNIAL, THESE
TWO TREES WILL BE MAMMOTH, ALMOST 50 FEET TALL, AS
HARDY AND STRONG AS THE PEOPLE THEY REPRESENT. LET
THEM STAND AS A SYMBOL OF OUR COMMITMENT TO A CLEAN AND
HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT. MAY WE ALWAYS HAVE THE PRICELESS
RESOURCE OF THE OUTDOORS FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF OUR
CHILDREN AND OUR CHILDREN'S CHILDREN.
THANK YOU FOR ASKING ME TO HELP YOU HERE TODAY WITH
THIS WONDERFUL CELEBRATION.
- 12 -
I WILL WATCH WITH INTEREST, AND LEND A HAND WHERE I
CAN, AS THIS TREE GROWS AND DEVELOPS, JUST LIKE THE
PEACE GARDEN STATE.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY NORTH DAKOTA. GOD BLESS YOU, AND
GOD BLESS AMERICA.
# # #
all its, memorial on Capitol Suppline grounds completed
(mames of all slain soldies in all was -)
(Gungh - Kee) of Amer, Segion Vietnam
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was net N.D. wets raising money - Natt
Commader 3,000,000 / All vets organization
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million trees luging w/ President - unliant and
one project for all of state - a hundred
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PRESIDENT WOULD plant - Contenuial Ash-
local, N.D., suitable, handy footen
not ASEEDLING / CHROME SPADE - should did
cround hole - prayers,
delegation / legis, exec., jud.
Boy +GiRl Statue - Fed. of Women-you people,
school kids raising money / school children,
25-504 a piece
People of N.D. Seven a quilt - Cousinus
Ber n.D. Peronds - 7,000 volunteers - map of
Monday - Detroit
10:30 researching
B.A. / MONUMENTAL IST Time
100 days
(1) Women Minoritis - slow
Pail Hughus
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9 A.M.
(3) F.P.
(4) Budget
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employment - Energy - Main topic
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Lubbock johns - jach rablits
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environent
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N.D., S.D. WASH., Minn.
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in the (Same week) - Onion to the point of
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of the Pioneers - before statehood - 3,000 memlus
up in age - must hom 1890-1900- -
Centenual Band
local community centus - to you -old
anony - young + old - secure as a place —
all Retired teachus - unitten a Goole- -
in classioom - one-noom classroom - 100 yrs. -
Older teachers
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Daliato territory, split into 2. He intentionally
mathe thins,
sluffled - you came in as one, + shall
Custer home - Ft. Abe Fincoln - being restored
April 5- to recognize there who hind
natine community - Special day. -
Cusore statehood - Indians / developed
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Senate (High-sared) House
Denociats HEigAARd
Pipul
May. Bill Heigaad
Speaher
William
Offeter
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Olson
Richard Kloubec
(Clough-back)
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trees
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part of it wasnt for the the time A sput
President." in N.D., & prob. have been
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folls. Quality of life. Clean air,
pristine stream
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Bismarck, North Dakota)
For Immediate Release
April 24, 1989
REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT
DURING DEDICATION OF
NORTH DAKOTA'S CENTENNIAL GROVE
Capitol Square
Bismarck, North Dakota
4:35 P.M. CDT
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all very much. I'm so pleased
to be here. Thank you, Tom Kleppe. When Secretary -- and I say
Secretary because North Dakotans know that Tom served so well as
Secretary of the Interior -- former Congressman, but called me about
this marvelous project of yours -- he's right. I accepted in a
hurry, and I'm very grateful to Governor Sinner and all involved in
the preparations for this wonderful visit.
I want to pay my respects to -- not only to Governor and
Mrs. Sinner, Governor Link, Senator Conrad, Congressman Dorgan, and
other distinguished leaders of the North Dakota Legislature. Thank
you for inviting me. It has been a very emotional day for me. I
understand that lost on the Iowa was the grandson of a Bismarck
family, and if that family didn't attend today's services, I can
attest firsthand how moving it was, and what a wonderful job our Navy
did in holding the loved ones close to them, giving them comfort that
I know all Americans would want given to these families. It was a --
very moving day, and the flags I see at half-mast here are
appropriate tribute to those young men who lost their lives.
I'm also proud to see that POW and MIA flag flying,
Governor, right here at this magnificent state capital, because we
must never forget the POWs and the MIAS.
When I accepted your invitation to come here, I had no
idea that part of the program was to put me to work. "A sapling,"
they said. "All you'll have to do is to plant a sapling." No one
told me that the sapling is about 12 feet tall over there, but I
think we can figure it out. This hardy Elm is a descendant of a tree
planted on the White House lawn by John Quincy Adams. And now, its
seedlings will be a part of North Dakota forever.
And just a few years before this state was carved out of
the Dakota territory, a young man from New York City set aside a
prominent career in politics to become a North Dakota rancher.
Having lost his wife and mother in one single day, he came to these
parts almost insane with grief. No tenderfoot, he worked the range
in the harshest weather, always leading and never following. And he
wore a sheriff's badge, and he roamed the Badlands to singlehandedly
bring the worst characters to justice. And in short, Teddy Roosevelt
became a man in North Dakota. And he became something else -- a
guardian of nature. When he went back East, and back to politics,
Teddy Roosevelt took with him an understanding that the seemingly
endless resources of the West were threatened by the unfettered
exploitation of man. As President, Teddy Roosevelt wrote these words
to school children on Arbor Day, 1907: "A people without children
would face a hopeless future; a country without trees is almost as
hopeless."
So let us honor the coming 100th birthday of North Dakota
and the memory of the nation's first true environmentalist by
dedicating this Centennial Bur Oak along with this White House Elm.
MORE
- 2 -
Before the year 2000, your state will plant 100 million trees --
almost half -- (applause) almost half as many new trees in one
state as there are Americans in the Union. May each tree add to the
abundance of the good life in North Dakota, cleaner air for North
America.
This forestation effort is just one of 600 ambitious
centennial projects North Dakotans are taking on. You are fulfilling
the spirit that I call 1000 points of light -- the spirit of
volunteerism, from projects to help senior citizens, to the building
of local and community centers, to a memorial for the North Dakotans
who fell in the war.
This year, you're also honoring those who settled here
before North Dakota became a state, by honoring their children -- the
sons and daughters of the pioneers, some 3,000 strong.
And let us especially remember, in word and deed, those
great peoples and great cultures here well before anyone else -- the
Native Americans of North Dakota. (Applause.) These Americans knew
the plains when buffalo ranged in the millions. We can learn then
from a special, poignant knowledge that they taught us, that nature
once violated, is forever altered.
Around the world there's a growing recognition that
environmental problems respect no borders. In these first few months
in office we've begun to act on our own and in concert with other
nations to face up to this fundamental fact. We've agreed that all
nations must get together to ban CFCs and to prevent global warming.
(Applause.) And as the world wakes us to these problems -- and
believe me, it is awakening -- North Dakota, you're already at work
planting trees that exchange carbon dioxide for fresh oxygen. What a
fitting way to celebrate this magnificent centennial -- by getting
ready for the next 100 years. (Applause.)
As you've shown, we do not have to accept as inevitable
the spoiling of our air, our rivers, our wetlands and our forests.
When North Dakotans celebrate their bicentennial, these two trees
will be mammoth, almost 50 feet tall, as hardy and strong as the
people they represent. Let them stand as a symbol of our commitment
to a clean and healthy environment. May we always have the priceless
resource of the outdoors for the enjoyment of our children and our
children's children.
Thank you for asking me to be with you today at this
wonderful celebration. I just can't tell you how moved I was when I
came in from the airport to be greeted by so many of your neighbors,
so many citizens of this great state. The respect for the
institutions that we hold dear, in this case, the presidency -- it
has nothing to do with the President -- the respect for the
institution was clear and evident for all to see, and I am grateful
for that warm welcome. (Applause.)
And so, I will watch with interest and lend a hand where
I can, as this tree grows and develops, just like the Peace Garden
State.
Happy birthday North Dakota. God bless you, and God
bless the United States of America. (Applause.) Thank you all very
much.
END
4:45 P.M. CDT
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
April 20, 1989
INFORMATION
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT
FROM:
MARK DAVIS
THROUGH:
CHRISS WINSTON
cw
SUBJECT:
Bismarck
You will stop briefly in Bismarck, North Dakota, to dedicate a
"centennial grove" in front of the capitol grounds. North Dakota
is celebrating the year of its 100th birthday with 600 civic
activities. The centerpiece program encourages North Dakotans to
plant 100 million trees by the year 2000. For this brief speech,
I suggest pursuing the environmental angle by drawing on the
tradition of a former North Dakota rancher -- Teddy Roosevelt.
Davis/Wallace
April 20, 7 p.m.
Draft: Three
Title: Bismarck
PRESIDENTIAL REMARKS: CAPITOL SQUARE
BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA
MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2:30 p.m.
Thank you Tom
...
It's good to see you all
...
Governor
(George) Sinner, Senators (Quentin) Burdick and (Kent) Conrad,
Congressman (Bryan) Dorgan, Majority Leader (Bill) Heigarrd
(High-gard), Minority Leader (John) Olson, Speaker (Bill)
Kretschmar (Kretch-mar), Majority Leader (Richard) Kloubec
(Clough-back)
...
Thank you all for inviting me to dedicate
North Dakota's Centennial Grove.
((When I accepted your invitation to come to Bismarck, I had
no idea that you were going to put me to work. A sapling, they
said. Mr. President, all you'll have to do is to plant a
sapling. No one told me that in North Dakota saplings are ten-
feet tall ))
Just a few years before this state was carved out of the
Dakota territory, a young man from New York City set aside a
prominent career in politics to become a North Dakota rancher.
Having lost his wife and mother in a single day, he came to these
parts almost insane with grief. No tenderfoot, he worked the
2
range in the harshest weather, always leading, never following.
He wore a sheriff's badge, and roamed the Badlands to
singlehandedly bring the worst characters to justice. In short,
Teddy Roosevelt became a man in North Dakota. And he became
something else -- a guardian of nature. When he went back East,
and back to politics, Teddy Roosevelt took with him an
understanding that the seemingly endless resources cf the West
were threatened by the unfettered exploitation of man. As
President, Teddy Roosevelt wrote these words to school children
on Arbor Day, 1907: "A people without children would face a
hopeless future; a country without trees is almost as hopeless."
So let us honor the coming 100th birthday of North Dakota,
and the memory of the nation's first environmentalist, by
planting this Centennial Bur oak. Before the year 2000, your
state will plant 100 million trees -- almost half as many trees
in one state as there are Americans in the Union. May each tree
add to the abundance of the good life in North Dakota, and
cleaner air for North America
This forestation effort is just one of 600 ambitious
centennial projects North Dakotans are taking on. You are
fulfilling the spirit of volunteerism, from projects to help
senior citizens, to the building of local and community centers,
to a memorial for the North Dakotans who fell in war.
3
This year, you are also honoring those who settled here
before North Dakota became a state, by honoring their children --
the Sons and Daughters of the Pioneers, some 3,000 strong.
And let us especially remember, in word and deed, those
great peoples and great cultures here well before anyone else --
the Native Americans of North Dakota. These Americans knew the
plains when buffalo ranged in the millions. We can learn from
them a special, poignant knowledge that nature, once violated, is
forever altered.
But we do not have to accept as inevitable the spoiling of
our air, our rivers, our wetlands and our forests. When North
Dakotans celebrate their bicentennial, this native Bur oak will
be a mammoth tree, almost 50 feet tall, as hardy and strong as
the people it represents. Let it stand as a symbol of our
commitment to a clean and healthy environment. May we always
have the priceless resource of the outdoors for the enjoyment of
our children and our children's children.
Thank you for asking me to help you here today with this
wonderful celebration. I will watch with interest, and lend a
hand where I can, as this tree grows and develops, just like the
Peace Garden state.
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Happy birthday North Dakota. God Bless you, and God Bless
America.
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REMARKS: CAPITOL SQUARE
BISMARCK, NORTH DAKOTA
MONDAY, APRIL 24, 2:30 P.M.
THANK YOU ToM
IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU ALL
GOVERNOR (GEORGE) SINNER, FORMER GOVERNOR (ARTHUR)
LINK, SENATOR (KENT) CONRAD, CONGRESSMAN (BRYAN)
DORGAN, MAJORITY LEADER (BILL) HEIGARRD (HIGH-GARD),
MINORITY LEADER (JOHN) OLSON, SPEAKER (BILL) KRETSCHMAR
(KRETCH-MAR),
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MAJORITY LEADER (RICHARD) KLOUBEC (CLOUGH-BACK)
THANK YOU ALL FOR INVITING ME TO DEDICATE NORTH
DAKOTA'S CENTENNIAL GROVE.
((WHEN I ACCEPTED YOUR INVITATION TO COME TO
BISMARCK, I HAD NO IDEA YOU WERE GOING TO PUT ME TO
WORK
... A SAPLING, THEY SAID. MR. PRESIDENT, ALL
YOU HAVE TO DO IS PLANT A SAPLING. No ONE TOLD ME THAT
THE SAPLING IN QUESTION IS TWELVE-FEET TALL
.))
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THIS HARDY ELM IS A DESCENDANT OF A TREE PLANTED ON
THE WHITE HOUSE LAWN BY JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. Now IT AND
ITS SEEDLINGS WILL BE A PART OF NORTH DAKOTA,
FOREVER .
JUST A FEW YEARS BEFORE THIS STATE WAS CARVED OUT
OF THE DAKOTA TERRITORY, A YOUNG MAN FROM NEW YORK CITY
SET ASIDE A PROMINENT CAREER IN POLITICS TO BECOME A
NORTH DAKOTA RANCHER.
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HAVING LOST HIS WIFE AND MOTHER IN A SINGLE DAY, HE
CAME TO THESE PARTS ALMOST INSANE WITH GRIEF. No
TENDERFOOT, HE WORKED THE RANGE IN THE HARSHEST
WEATHER, ALWAYS LEADING, NEVER FOLLOWING. HE WORE A
SHERIFF'S BADGE, AND ROAMED THE BADLANDS TO
SINGLEHANDEDLY BRING THE WORST CHARACTERS TO JUSTICE.
IN SHORT, TEDDY ROOSEVELT BECAME A MAN IN NORTH DAKOTA.
AND HE BECAME SOMETHING ELSE -- A GUARDIAN OF NATURE.
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WHEN HE WENT BACK EAST, AND BACK TO POLITICS, TEDDY
ROOSEVELT TOOK WITH HIM AN UNDERSTANDING THAT THE
SEEMINGLY ENDLESS RESOURCES OF THE WEST WERE THREATENED
BY THE UNFETTERED EXPLOITATION OF MAN. As PRESIDENT,
TEDDY ROOSEVELT WROTE THESE WORDS TO SCHOOL CHILDREN ON
ARBOR DAY, 1907: "A PEOPLE WITHOUT CHILDREN WOULD FACE
A HOPELESS FUTURE; A COUNTRY WITHOUT TREES IS ALMOST AS
HOPELESS."
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So LET US HONOR THE COMING 100TH BIRTHDAY OF NORTH
DAKOTA, AND THE MEMORY OF THE NATION'S FIRST
ENVIRONMENTALIST, BY DEDICATING THIS CENTENNIAL BUR OAK
((100 FEET FROM PODIUM AT 3 O'CLOCK)), ALONG WITH THIS
WHITE HOUSE ELM. BEFORE THE YEAR 2000, YOUR STATE WILL
PLANT 100 MILLION TREES -- ALMOST HALF AS MANY TREES IN
ONE STATE AS THERE ARE AMERICANS IN THE UNION. MAY
EACH TREE ADD TO THE ABUNDANCE OF THE GOOD LIFE IN
NORTH DAKOTA, AND CLEANER AIR FOR NORTH AMERICA
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THIS FORESTATION EFFORT IS JUST ONE OF 600
AMBITIOUS CENTENNIAL PROJECTS NORTH DAKOTANS ARE TAKING
ON. You ARE FULFILLING THE SPIRIT OF VOLUNTEERISM,
FROM PROJECTS TO HELP SENIOR CITIZENS, TO THE BUILDING
OF LOCAL AND COMMUNITY CENTERS, TO A MEMORIAL FOR THE
NORTH DAKOTANS WHO FELL IN WAR.
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THIS YEAR, YOU ARE ALSO HONORING THOSE WHO SETTLED
HERE BEFORE NORTH DAKOTA BECAME A STATE, BY HONORING
THEIR CHILDREN --THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF THE
PIONEERS, SOME 3,000 STRONG.
AND LET US ESPECIALLY REMEMBER, IN WORD AND DEED,
THOSE GREAT PEOPLES AND GREAT CULTURES HERE WELL BEFORE
ANYONE ELSE -- THE NATIVE AMERICANS OF NORTH DAKOTA.
THESE AMERICANS KNEW THE PLAINS WHEN BUFFALO RANGED IN
THE MILLIONS.
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WE CAN LEARN FROM THEM A SPECIAL, POIGNANT KNOWLEDGE
THAT NATURE, ONCE VIOLATED, IS FOREVER ALTERED.
AROUND THE WORLD THERE IS A GROWING RECOGNITION
THAT ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS RESPECT NO BORDERS. IN
THESE FIRST FEW MONTHS IN OFFICE, WE'VE BEGUN TO ACT --
ON OUR OWN, AND IN CONCERT WITH OTHER NATIONS -- TO
FACE UP TO THIS FUNDAMENTAL FACT. WE'VE AGREED THAT
ALL NATIONS MUST TOGETHER BAN CFCs, AND PREVENT GLOBAL
WARMING.
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AND, AS THE WORLD WAKES UP TO THESE PROBLEMS, NORTH
DAKOTA IS ALREADY AT WORK -- PLANTING TREES THAT
EXCHANGE CARBON DIOXIDE FOR FRESH OXYGEN. WHAT A
FITTING WAY TO CELEBRATE YOUR CENTENNIAL -- BY GETTING
READY FOR THE NEXT 100 YEARS.
As YOU HAVE SHOWN, WE DO NOT HAVE TO ACCEPT AS
INEVITABLE THE SPOILING OF OUR AIR, OUR RIVERS, OUR
WETLANDS AND OUR FORESTS.
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WHEN NORTH DAKOTANS CELEBRATE THEIR BICENTENNIAL, THESE
TWO TREES WILL BE MAMMOTH, ALMOST 50 FEET TALL, AS
HARDY AND STRONG AS THE PEOPLE THEY REPRESENT. LET
THEM STAND AS A SYMBOL OF OUR COMMITMENT TO A CLEAN AND
HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT. MAY WE ALWAYS HAVE THE PRICELESS
RESOURCE OF THE OUTDOORS FOR THE ENJOYMENT OF OUR
CHILDREN AND OUR CHILDREN'S CHILDREN.
THANK YOU FOR ASKING ME TO HELP YOU HERE TODAY WITH
THIS WONDERFUL CELEBRATION.
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I WILL WATCH WITH INTEREST, AND LEND A HAND WHERE I
CAN, AS THIS TREE GROWS AND DEVELOPS, JUST LIKE THE
PEACE GARDEN STATE.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY NORTH DAKOTA. GOD BLESS YOU, AND
GOD BLESS AMERICA.
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FACT SHEET
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NORTH DAKOTA CENTENNIAL COMMISSION FACTS
Second Edition - January 1989
NORTH DAKOTA CENTENNIAL COMMISSION
2204 East Broadway
Bismarck, ND 58501
224-2589
S.F. "Buckshot" Hoffner, Executive Director
100th
ANNIVERSARY
NORTH
1889-1989
DAKOTA
CENT ENNIAL
NORTH DAKOTA CENTENNIAL COMMISSION MEMBERS
Arthur A. Link
James E. Sperry
Jim Fuglie
Rep. Cathy Rydell
2001 Grimsrud Drive
State Historical Society
N.D. Tourism Promotion
535 Assiniboin Drive
Bismarck, N.D. 58501
Heritage Center
Liberty Memorial Building
Bismarck, N.D. 58501
224-1624
Bismarck, N.D. 58505
Bismarck, N.D. 58505
255-0733
224-2667
224-2527
Sher L. Quaday
Rep. John Hokana
1021 South 8th Street
Larry Erickson
Peter Kelly McKenzie
Route 2, Box 158
Fargo, N.D. 58103
Rural Route 3
PO Box 199
Oakes, N.D. 58474
237-3832 (H)
Minot, N.D. 58701
Michigan, N.D. 58259
742-2527
232-8181 (W)
722-3335
259-2214 (H)
259-2112 (W)
Lt. Gov. Lloyd Omdahl
William C. Kelsch
Shirley Simmons
State Capitol
529 Marilyn Drive
626 22nd Street East
Mary Louise D. Wilson
Bismarck, N.D. 58505
Mandan, N.D. 58554
West Fargo, N.D. 58078
Shields, N.D. 58569
224-2200
663-9818
282-8445
422-3478
Mrs. Jane Sinner
Harold A. Gershman
Larry Schneider
Vern Neff
Governor's Residence
1605 Riverside Drive
1402 North 16th Street
417 East 11th
State Capitol
Bus: PO Box 1662
Bismarck, N.D. 58501
Williston, N.D. 58801
Bismarck, N.D. 58505
Grand Forks, N.D. 58201
258-9438
572-3794
772-2671
Woody Gagnon
Senator Ray Holmberg
Senator Corliss Mushik
216 West Boulevard
1701 Riverside Drive
Box 188
Bismarck, N.D. 58501
Grand Forks, N.D. 58201
Mandan, N.D. 58554
255-1751
775-9656
663-3115
746-2375
CENTENNIAL COMMISSION STAFF
S.F. "Buckshot" Hoffner
Ann Rathke
Renea Dockter
Nancy Vetter
Executive Director
Grants & Contracts Officer
Administrative Assistant
Information Processing
Fundraising/Speaker's
Grants/Events/Sanctioning
Office Manager/Accounting/In- Operator
Bureau/Government
Program/Projects
ventory Control/Coordinate
Supervise Computer Use/Data
Liaison/Centennial State
224-2591
Staff Work Schedule
Input and Output/Misc Office
Liaison
224-2937
Duties
224-2186
Patrick Brown
224-2936
Communications Director
Stacie Greff
Dennis Neumann
Centennial
Administrative Clerk
Laura Anhalt
Deputy Director
Spirit/Countdown/Media Rela-
Support Staff for Accounting
Program Aide
Financial Management/Focal
tions/News Releases/Promo-
and Clerical/Main Reception/
Assists in Grant and Sanction-
Tree Project/Overall Manage-
tional Information
Buckle Program
ing Applications
ment/Personnel
224-2595
224-2589
224-2591
224-2935
Jim Hewitson
Marketing Director
Product Approval/Use of
Logo/Monitor Vendors/Booth
Sales
224-2598
FACT SHEET
CENTENNIAL SYMBOLS
The three symbols used by the North Dakota Centennial Commission during the statehood centennial in
1989 are the Great Seal of the State of North Dakota, the North Dakota Centennial logo and the Native
People's North Dakota Centennial logo.
GREAT SEAL
SEAL
STATE OTTOBER GREAT INSEPIRANCE 1889
OF NORTH DAKOTA
The Great Seal was used beginning in 1861 as the Dakota Territory Great Seal. In 1889 it became the
Great Seal of the State of North Dakota when its written description was included in the state constitution.
Many different artistic renderings have been used since statehood. In 1987 the Centennial Commission and the
North Dakota Secretary of State, commissioned stylistic improvements by Dickinson artist Lili Stewart.
NORTH DAKOTA CENTENNIAL LOGO
"Buckshot" "HoffneR
NORTH
DAKOTA
CENTERINAL
[(701) 255-4205
1985 North Dakota Centennial Commission
The North Dakota Centennial logo was chosen in 1984 to encourage reflection about the celebration of 100
years of statehood. The work of artist Burt B. Calkins of Bismarck was chosen from among entries in a
statewide design contest. It emphasizes the arrival in Dakota Territory of large numbers of Euro-Americans,
heralding population growth and economic development of the land and natural resources.
NATIVE PEOPLE'S NORTH DAKOTA CENTENNIAL LOGO
North
Dakota
CENTENNIAL
The Native People's North Dakota Centennial logo was created in 1986 to honor the state's first in-
habitants. Bismarck/Cannonbal artist Wallace "Butch" Thunderhawk, Jr. worked with images selected by a com-
mittee of Native Americans. The circular design recognizes the traditional lifeways of the aboriginal people who
occupied the land prior to statehood.
FACT SHEET
CENTENNIAL TREES PROGRAM
Tree planting is the single most important contribution citizens can make to their state for the North
Dakota Centennial. Planting trees creates a "living legacy" for the state's 100th birthday.
Designated the "focal" project of the centennial, the CENTENNIAL TREES PROGRAM is an effort
to encourage not just one year of planting, but continuous, 10 year tree planting projects. The purpose is to
strengthen the tradition of annual tree planting.
The program starts in conjunction with celebration of the state centennial in 1989, and carries through
to the end of the century in the year 2000. Some projects had already started as early as 1986.
The goal is to plant 100,000,000 (yes 100-million) trees by the turn of the century. That symbolic figure
represents 1-million trees for each year of North Dakota statehood. North Dakota's current annual plant-
ings are estimated at 3,500,000.
The Centennial Commission's effort is guided by a coordinating council of tree planting professionals
representing both the public and private sector. The coordinating council, chaired by the State Forester, is
known as the CENTENNIAL DECADE TREES COMMITTEE. The role of the Centennial Commission
is to promote tree planting, and to act as a clearinghouse and referral point for public inquiries about tree
planting through the time of the centennial. Significant elements of the program will transfer to the North
Dakota Forest Service when the Centennial Commission ceases operation.
Among the many services provided by the State Forester will be an annual public report of the state's
forest resources including a count of trees planted.
A CENTENNIAL TREES PROGRAM pamphlet is available free of charge to organizations or in-
dividuals wishing to undertake a tree planting project. The pamphlet describes the program and provides
useful information about obtaining trees and taking advantage of cost sharing benefits offered by tree plant-
ing agencies of government. A handy feature of the pamphlet is a tree information resources and reference
section.
Send name and mailing address to:
NORTH DAKOTA CENTENNIAL COMMISSION
2204 East Broadway
Bismarck, ND 58501
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CENTENNIAL GRANT PROGRAMS
CENTENNIAL LEGACIES GRANT PROGRAM
Through the Centennial Legacies Grant Program the North Dakota Centennial Commission has funded a
wide range of projects celebrating and exploring our cultural heritage. The Legacies Grant Program is funded
by a celebration fee of $1.25 imposed on motor vehicles registered in 1988. The fee will raise approximately
$850,000 for centennial projects.
After three grant deadlines, the Commission has received a total of 194 applications amounting to
$2,959,412.86 in requests. As of December 1988, $818,465 has been awarded to 111 projects.
Centennial Legacies Grant Program monies have funded exhibits, books, a feature-length film, renovation
and restoration projects, a centennial drama, and other projects leading to better public understanding of our
history and culture. Final awards were made in November to touring musical and dance groups, interpretive
projects for schools, and festivals and celebrations.
NORTH DAKOTA COMMUNITIES GRANT PROGRAM
The North Dakota Centennial Communities Grant Program made possible the distribution of just under
$100,000 for centennial projects throughout the state. A total of 192 communities from 51 counties took ad-
vantage of the program. Total requests from these communities amounted to $988,266.99.
Eligible applicants were those communities which had received the designation "North Dakota Centennial
Community" prior to August 1, 1988. Every community applying to the program received a grant. Awards were
based on population and amount requested. Every dollar awarded in Communities Grant Program monies will
be matched with at least $2 by local communities. Total cash match will reach $197,642.
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"APPROVED" PRODUCTS
Commercial use of the centennial logo is made available to the private sector on a regulated basis by Cen-
tennial Commission guidelines. Vendors wishing to create and market a centennial product on their own must
apply for permission, and agree to pay royalty fees for any use of the three official logos: Centennial Logo,
Great Seal or Native People's Centennial Logo. Such use constitutes an "approved" centennial product.
Applications for "approved centennial products" are reviewed monthly by the Centennial Commission staff.
Subsequent staff recommendations for or against approval go to the Centennial Commission for final approval.
Sample products are required. Samples may either be sold by the commission for commission fundraising,
or will be deposited with the State Archives. Upon commission approval an initial royalty fee of $150 is due. A
letter of notification explains product guidelines in relation to monthly royalty reports and payments due on the
15th of the month for the month preceding. A file is maintained on each approved product.
A commission sub-committee on quality control monitors problems associated with vendors and product
sales.
Royalty income is used for Centennial Commission operating expenses, and to defray expenses associated
with the major Centennial celebratory events.
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"OFFICIAL" CENTENNIAL COMMEMORATIVE PRODUCTS
The Centennial Commission office handles both wholesale and retail sale of a small number of products
known as "Official Centennial Commemoratives." These products are designed to raise funds to help defray
operating expenses, and to pay for the major celebratory events of the Centennial.
The manufacture of "official centennial commemoratives" was determined by competitive bidding.
Centennial Commission guidelines describe which products are considered "official commemoratives." The
commission may add items to the list. Currently, the following items are Official Centennial Commemorative
Keepsakes:
Flags; Medallion; Bronze, Sterling Silver, and Gold Coins; Solid Brass and Sterling Silver Belt Buckles;
License Plate; Lapel Pin; Logo Prints signed by Five North Dakota Governors.
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"CENTENNIAL MOMENTS"
Through competitive proposals, the North Dakota Centennial Commission awarded a contract to Flint
Communications, Inc. of Fargo to prepare, produce, promote, and distribute the "Centennial Moments" series
for TV, radio & newspapers, an official centennial commemorative. The Centennial Commission receives a
royalty on the amount of time and space sold to advertisers for the project.
The Centennial Commission staff reviews scripts and copy for content and accuracy. Final script approval
rests with ND Centennial Commission.
The series features a variety of subjects and formats. Many of the TV spots contain film footage never
before seen in North Dakota.
Some programs present biographical sketches of famous personalities like singer Peggy Lee and author
Louis LaMoure, and less known North Dakotans such as inventor George Hughes and actor Virginia Bruce.
Other topics include North Dakota "firsts" such as the first radio station and the first hospital, and authentic
tales of the old west, including North Dakota great bank robberies.
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THE CENTENNIAL DRAMA - "WHEN THE MEADOWLARK SINGS"
The official North Dakota Centennial Drama presents what one reviewer calls a "rip snorting tale" of the
state's founding.
"When the Meadowlark Sings" takes us back to North Dakota's formation at the Constitutional Convention
in Bismarck, the state's capital, during July and August of 1889.
The play refreshes one's interest in North Dakota history. Playwright William Borden, an accomplished
dramatist and English professor at the University of North Dakota, uses believable dialogue. In fact, some of
the speeches in the play were taken verbatim from the Constitutional Convention record.
Borden also pulled his main characters from the pages of history. Sitting Bull, political boss and bigamist
Alexander McKenzie, Elva Stewart, McKenzie's second wife, and women's rights activist Annie Jenners-Miller
come alive in "Meadowlark."
Borden pulled the play's narrator, Denny Hennefin, off the pages of The Bismarck Tribune. Hennefin was
an early Bismarck character whose stand-up comedy routine was reported in the Tribune.
Through these colorful characters we learn about early life in North Dakota, that our current zeal over
prize fighting is nothing new, and that today's politicians didn't invent backroom maneuvering, negative cam-
paigns, and shenanigans.
For instance, McKenzie had operatives tie oranges and lemons to trees along the railroad tracks so train
passengers would think the fruit grew in North Dakota and would want to live in such a paradise.
Borden, whose plays have won numerous awards, worked hard to present all characters realistically, espe-
cially Native Americans.
"I stayed away from the Hollywood version of the Native American," Borden says.
"According to reports of the day," he says, "Sitting Bull laughed and joked around, but not when he dealt
with the federal government."
During the Centennial year, North Dakotans and others will have many opportunities to see history brought
to life in "When the Meadowlark Sings." The University of North Dakota Theatre Arts Department will stage
the play in at least 12 communities around the state during the summer of 1989.
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Rathke @ 224-2589.
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NORTH DAKOTA CENTENNIAL TRAVELING EXHIBIT:
"EQUALLY FREE AND INDEPENDENT"
North Dakota history comes right to the people of the state in "Equally Free and Independent," the North
Dakota Centennial Traveling Exhibit.
Produced by the State Historical Society of North Dakota with funding from the North Dakota Centennial
Commission, the exhibit explores North Dakota's first century of statehood by showing how the state's constitu-
tion affects the daily lives of its citizens.
The eight part exhibit uses historical photographs and artifacts to tell the story of North Dakota's natural
resource development, railroads, steamboats, education, government, early history and statehood, and ethnic
diversity.
The exhibit's eight sections are titled: "The Name of this State Shall Be 'North Dakota," "Natural Resour-
ces: The Use of North Dakota," "Government: Powers Reserved to the People," "Education: Purpose and Prac-
tice in North Dakota," "Earning a Living in North Dakota," "Making One People," "Transportation: From Here
to There and Back," and "Liberty of Conscience."
The Historical Society received a Centennial Commission $120,000 grant through the Centennial Legacies
Grant Program. Cooperating with the Historical Society to produce the grant were the North Dakota State
Library, the Constitutional Celebration Committee of the North Dakota Judicial System, and the North Dakota
Humanities Council.
Local libraries around the state will host "Equally Free and Independent" through December of 1989 as
part of North Dakota's Centennial Celebration. Communities hosting the exhibit are Bismarck, Bottineau, Car-
rington, Cooperstown, Crosby, Dickinson, Fargo, Garrison, Grafton, Grand Forks, Jamestown, Killdeer,
Langdon, Lisbon, Minot, New Town, Riverdale, Velva, Wahpeton, Watford City, West Fargo, and Williston.
Three copies of the exhibit's eight sections have been produced. Each community library will have one sec-
tion of the exhibit for six weeks. Other sections will be rotated in until all eight topics have been displayed at
each location. The North Dakota National Guard will handle the circulation of the sections.
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CENTENNIAL PROJECT SANCTIONING
"North Dakota Centennial Project" is a designation of official sanction by the North Dakota Centennial
Commission. Communities, associations, businesses, government entities, and private individuals may apply for
this designation.
Eligible applicants achieve the designation "North Dakota Centennial Project" by completing and submit-
ting for approval by the Commission an application for sanctioning.
As applications for project sanctioning are received, they are reviewed for content and completeness by
Commission staff. When the staff finds problems or deficiencies, staff members work with the applying entity to
fine tune the application so the Commission will approve the project.
Applications for sanctioning of centennial projects are reviewed and approved during regular monthly
meetings of the Commission. The Commission staff regularly prepares and prints an annotated and up-to-date
listing of approved centennial projects.
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CENTENNIAL COMMUNITY SANCTIONING
"North Dakota Centennial Community" is a designation of official sanction by the North Dakota Centennial
Commission. Community has been defined in this case as any unified and interacting body of individuals includ-
ing political subdivisions, linked by common policy and living in a particular area or common location. City and
county centennial committees are the entities which make application for this designation. As a result of legisla-
tion (Senate Bill 2546, 1987 Legislative Session), city and county centennial committees are considered part of
their respective political subdivisions.
Cities and counties achieve the designation "North Dakota Centennial Community" by completing and sub-
mitting for approval by the Commission an application for sanctioning. Information provided on the form in-
cludes names of centennial committee members, the community's overall plan for celebrating the centennial,
and any planned uses of the centennial logo. A resolution passed by the governing body of the community adopt-
ing the plan should accompany the application.
As applications for community sanctioning arrive, the Commission staff enters them in a log and reviews
them for content and completeness. When problems or deficiencies are identified, the Commission staff works
with the applying entity until the application fits a form which will meet the approval of the Commission.
Applications for sanctioning of centennial communities are reviewed and approved during meetings of the
Commission.
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CENTENNIAL ASSOCIATION SANCTIONING
"North Dakota Centennial Association" is a designation of official sanction by the North Dakota Centennial
Commission. Nonprofit organizations including trade, professional, civic, historical, environmental, athletic,
fraternal, religious, and educational associations may apply for this designation.
Nonprofit associations achieve the designation "North Dakota Centennial Association" by completing and
submitting for approval by the Commission an application for sanctioning. Information provided on the form in-
cludes names of association centennial committee members, the association's overall plan for celebrating the
centennial, and any planned uses of the centennial logo. A resolution passed by the governing body of the as-
sociation adopting the plan should accompany the application.
As applications for association sanctioning are received, they are entered in a log by Commission staff and
reviewed for content and completeness. When problems or deficiencies are identified, Commission staff works
with the applying entity until the application is in a form which will meet the approval of the Commission. Ap-
plications for sanctioning of centennial associations are reviewed and approved during regular monthly meet-
ings of the Commission.
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CENTENNIAL BUSINESS SANCTIONING
"North Dakota Centennial Business" is a designation of official sanction by the North Dakota Centennial
Commission. For-profit businesses may apply for this designation.
For-profit businesses achieve the designation "North Dakota Centennial Business" by completing and sub-
mitting for approval by the Commission an application for sanctioning. Information provided on the form in-
cludes names of business centennial committee members, the business' overall plan for celebrating the centen-
nial, and any planned uses of the centennial logo. A resolution signed by the head of the business adopting the
plan should accompany the application.
As applications for business sanctioning are received, they are entered in a log by Commission staff and
reviewed for content and completeness. When problems or deficiencies are identified, Commission staff works
with the applying entity until the application is in a form which will meet the approval of the Commission. Ap-
plications for sanctioning of centennial businesses are reviewed and approved during regular monthly meetings
of the Commission.
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CENTENNIAL NEWSLETTER
Publication of The Countdown, the centennial newsletter was bi-monthly from May 1987 through June
1988. Monthly issues run from September 1988 through December 1989. The circulation of approximately
12,000 includes centennial committee members, project and product coordinators, state agencies, local and
county historical societies, print and electronic media, statewide organizations and associations, legislators and
others interested in celebrating the Centennial.
Content is geared to those with an average to above-average level of awareness of Centennial Commission
activities.
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STATEHOOD DAY 1988
November 2, 1988, Fargo
Celebration of the North Dakota Centennial began officially on STATEHOOD DAY 1988, November 2,
1988, the state's 99th birthday.
The city of Fargo hosted the kick-off celebration, where local Cass County and Fargo Centennial Commit-
tee members, tirelessly organized and directed by event chair Katherine Burgum, and Cecile Fetzer of the
Fargo-Moorhead Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB), coordinated events.
An audience of close to 7,000 packed the Bison Sports Arena on the campus of North Dakota State Univer-
sity to witness the Centennial kick-off gala.
The North Dakota Centennial High School Band and the West Fargo High School Choir, which is the
Governor's Centennial Choir, performed musical tributes to North Dakota and her citizens.
North Dakota Governor George Sinner welcomed the crowd and his special guests, former governors Allen
Olson, William Guy, and Arthur Link. Link chairs the North Dakota Centennial Commission.
Fargo television news anchors Marv Bossart, WDAY; Doug Hamilton, KTHI; and Charley Johnson, KXJB,
presented vignettes of North Dakota history using headlines and slides. Well known North Dakota broadcaster
Boyd Christenson was master of ceremonies.
The audience also previewed a film about North Dakota by Snider Films and Video, Inc. of Fargo.
A group of over 100 North Dakotans, ranging in age from less than a year to 103, provided the heart of the
program. They represented every year of North Dakota statehood and symbolized what has always been North
Dakota's greatest asset, her citizens.
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GOVERNMENT DAY
February 22, 1989, Bismarck
GOVERNMENT DAY is the official title given to events centered in Bismarck on February 22, 1989. On
February 22, 1889, President Grover Cleveland signed the Enabling Act allowing Dakota Territory to proceed
with organizing state governments.
GOVERNMENT DAY events focus on state government. The state legislature will be in session at the
capitol and state offices will be open for special public visitation. All agencies are encouraged to roll out the red
carpet with something special for visitors.
Other special events on or around GOVERNMENT DAY (Government Week) include an address to the
legislature by the state's leading historian, Dr. D. Jerome Tweton, and a presentation involving the original state
constitution by costumed people representing past, present and future North Dakotans. In addition, the Educa-
tion and Interpretation Division of the State Historical Society will sponsor a symposium titled,' Into our
Second Century: The Future of North Dakota."
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FOUNDERS DAY
May 14, 1989, Dickinson & New Rockford
FOUNDERS DAY commemorates the 100th anniversary of the day that delegates were elected to attend
the first North Dakota Constitutional Convention. Two cities will host special events to mark the day, Dickinson
in the west, and New Rockford in the east-central.
Themes will focus on the people who helped build North Dakota. Plans include the following: recognition
for delegates of the state's second Constitutional Convention, held in 1972; presentation of a musical skit titled
"Motherhood and Apple Pie"; old-fashioned games; band and choir concert; and an ecumenical worship service.
If he isn't in outer space, astronaut Jim Buchli, a North Dakota native, will participate in New Rockford's
festivities.
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For more information: Travis Haakendahl in Dickinson @ 227-2138; Deb Belquist in New Rockford @ 947-
2395.
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NATIVE AMERICAN DAY
April 5, 1989, Grand Forks
The University of North Dakota at Grand Forks is the primary location for events on April 5, 1989 to recog-
nize and honor Native Americans. A committee headed by staff and faculty at UND is forming plans to involve
all citizens in programs, activities and events leading to a better understanding of the people who occupied the
land that became the State of North Dakota. The event coincides with an annual Native American festival on
the UND campus.
Plans call for a symposium on Native American oral traditions in religion and story telling, traditional In-
dian games, pow-wows and an art exhibit. Similar or coordinated activities will be held at the tribal colleges
around the state.
A special curriculum about Native Americans, funded in part with a grant from the North Dakota Centen-
nial Commission, is being developed for use in North Dakota elementary and secondary schools.
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For more information: University of North Dakota - Leigh Jeanotte @ 777-2731 or Dave Vorland @ 777-2731.
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FOCAL CENTENNIAL EVENT
PARTY OF THE CENTURY AND CONSTITUTION DAY, 4th OF JULY 1989
On July 4th, 1889 delegates to the North Dakota Constitutional Convention convened at the State Capitol
in Bismarck to begin writing the State Constitution. 100 years later, the 4th of July 1989 has been designated
CONSTITUTION DAY. Activities of that day have been designated by the Centennial Commission as the
"focal event" of the state centennial.
On July 4th, 1989 Bismarck/Mandan will host an estimated 100,000 guests to the "Party of the Century."
Headline events include the KX TV entertainment Extravaganza, the Centennial Parade in Mandan, and the
Dakota Folklife Festival (July 1- 4) sponsored and coordinated by the North Dakota Council on the Arts.
Official governmental functions of the day will include the governor, legislators, supreme court justices,
Centennial Commission members and other dignitaries.
Gateway Mall manager and experienced event planner Marilyn Kipp of Bismarck is coordinator for the
Centennial Commission. Coordination involves state agencies, city agencies of Bismarck and Mandan, KX-TV
and the North Dakota Council for the Arts.
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For more information: Marilynn Kipp @ 222-8350; Pam Davy, KX-Traviganza @ 852-2368 or 852-0535; Diane
Albrecht, Folk Festival @ 258-3725; Terry Bernhardt, Centennial Parade @ 663-5977.
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CITIZEN'S DAY
October 1, 1989, Minot
On October 1, 1889 citizens approved the proposed constitution for the state of North Dakota and elected
their first state officials. The celebration theme on the 100th anniversary of that day is to recognize and honor
those people past and present who make North Dakota a great state, its citizens. Minot is the host city.
Plans for the day call for an exhibit of historical documents, a history pageant, readers theater, musical per-
formances and appearances by legislators, public officials and other honored citizens. Two groups to be
honored are North Dakota's centenarians, and its Sons and Daughters of the Pioneers, the most senior of the
state's senior citizens.
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STATEHOOD DAY 1989
November 2, 1989, Bismarck
North Dakota turns 100 years old on November 2, 1989. At exactly 3:40 pm local time, North Dakota will
pass the mark in time that all the planning and celebrating was made for.
Plans to mark the day contemplate a Statehood Festival with performances, shows and demonstrations of
the major projects funded by the North Dakota Centennial Commission through the CENTENNIAL
LEGACIES GRANT PROGRAM.
The Statehood Festival may last several days surrounding Tuesday, November 2, 1989, and it may take
place in several different locations.
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THE NORTH DAKOTA CENTENNIAL
The Final Report of the North Dakota Centennial Commission
The North Dakota Centennial Commission will publish at least 1,000 copies of THE NORTH DAKOTA
CENTENNIAL, The Final Report of the North Dakota Centennial Commission, a perfect bound, soft cover
book summarizing its work. It will be printed in November 1990 and will be presented to the 1991 Legislature.
The book will consist of summaries of the accomplishments in each major program area of the centennial,
including: Centennial Trees, Centennial Legacy Grants, Centennial Community Grants, major centennial
events, community/business/association sanctioning, project sanctioning, product sanctioning, promotion and
public relations, and fund raising/financial.
Also included will be a history of the commission with a profile of each member, and a reference for loca-
tion of commission records, artifacts, photographs and recordings deposited in the archives of the State Histori-
cal Society at the North Dakota Heritage Center.
The report will be illustrated with black & white photographs.
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Centennial Commission names Chuck Suchy Centennial Troubadour
Chuck Suchy (SOO-key) grew up in a house filled with music. He's been playing a musical instrument for
over thirty years, and has been working his family's homestead farm in central North Dakota ever since he could
walk.
The 40-year-old Suchy approaches his life and music in the down to earth way that epitomizes North
Dakotans. And his music reflects his values family, community, and the land.
For those reasons the North Dakota Centennial Commission named Suchy North Dakota's Centennial
Troubadour, the man who will immortalize the state's 100th birthday in music.
Responding to a ground swell of support, the Centennial Commission named Suchy Centennial
Troubadour on Nov. 2, 1988.
As troubadour, Suchy received an honorarium of $5,000 through a grant awarded by the commission to his
sponsor, Prairie Public Radio.
Suchy will perform at the major Centennial events during 1989, and plans call for a cassette tape of songs he
will write for the Centennial. He has already recorded two albums of his own songs with Flying Fish Records - -
Much to Share (Songs of a Farmer) and Dakota Breezes. He and his family have also made an independent
recording of folk songs titled The Suchys in Harmony.
Chuck and his wife Linda operate a 1,000 acre family beef and grain farm in Morton County with their
children Andra, 12; Ben, 10; and Eve, 1.
Suchy says life around him inspires his songs, but he doesn't consider himself a songwriter.
"Writing songs is just part of where I am right now," he says.
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The seasons of life on the prairie
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The magazine of North Dakota
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rganizing a group of photographers to record a
The first photograph we found appears on this page.
big event is nothing new, and there have been
It is a mosaic from the Landsat satellite, a sort of wide-
"day in the life" projects done throughout the
angle look of our state from 567 miles in space. Not
world. To say something has been done before doesn't
actually a photograph, this image is the result of an
mean it isn't a good idea. At least that's what we thought
infrared scanner system in which healthy vegetation
when we asked the Centennial Commission to officially
appears bright red, clear water appears black, sediment-
sanction a state-wide photographic project. The idea was
laden water appears light blue and urban areas appear
to mobilize a large group of photographers, give them
blue-gray. Through Landsat's eyes, we see view of
film, maps and access to events, and hope that a vision
North Dakota shared by only a few people in history.
of how we North
Notice, for example, the
Dakotans live would
TABLE OF CONTENTS
converging lines of I-94
emerge. Then, during
and I-29 in the Fargo
the Centennial, an exhibition of 100 prints, symbolizing
area, the clear outline of the Turtle Mountains, and our
our first 100-years, would tour the state and later become
many lakes and rivers.
a valuable record of the condition of our state on the
This image, however, is the only general photograph
anniversary of statehood.
in this collection. The others are all quite specific. They
Here are the results of that idea. This edition is the
are of North Dakotans living their daily lives. They are
official Centennial project of Horizons Magazine. It is an
about and of us. Like the satellite image, the pictures
unadorned, direct and honest look at our state through
in this magazine are often spectacular, sometimes
the eyes of 70 photographers who worked from March.
fascinating, and full of valuable information. It is our
1988, to January, 1989, recording our four seasons, our
Centennial present to North Dakota.
events, and primarily our people.
- Sheldon Green, Editor
GNDA
Greater North Dakota Association
The Greater North Dakota Association the state chamber of commerce —
publishes Horizons Magazine. It is only one of many programs underwritten by
the organization which represents some 2,000 business members from throughout
North Dakota. For more than 60-years, GNDA has been the unified voice of business
in North Dakota, promoting economic development through a variety of activities
including educational programs for high school students and educators on the free
enterprise system; legislative action; business climate analysis; tourism promotion;
and a variety of support services to members.
Spring Issue, 1989
Volume 19 Number 2
Dakota Days
The seasons of life on the prairie
Published by
the Greater North
THE PHOTOGRAPHERS
Dakota Association
Karen Krebsbach, Board Chairman
Dale O. Anderson, President
Jay Albrecht
Cheryl Hanson
Keith Kramer
Doug Sande
Sheldon W. Green, Editor
Harvey
Bismarck
Bismarck
Bismarck
Darcy Diemert, Circulation Manager
page 16
page 20
page 44
Rick Scharf
Mary Stokes, Circulation Assistant
Mark Anthony
Bruce Hoium
Neil Lambert
Mandan
The purpose of Horizons Magazine is to pro-
Fargo
Fargo
Minneapolis
page 18
mote travel to and through North Dakota; to
page 24 & 25
Dale Howard
Jay Lindgren
Fred Schumacher
reflect the pride North Dakotans feel toward
Kindred
D.J. Arnold
Minot
West Fargo
the natural beauty of their state; and to pro-
Fargo
page 3
page 7, 38
page 2, 4
mote economic development by utilizing North
Chuck Scofield
Dakota's rich resources and productive citizens.
Les Baumgartner
Colburn Hvidston III
Jackie Lorentz
Williston
Bismarck
Fargo
Grand Forks
page 47
Horizons is published quarterly by the Greater
page 12
page 13, 37
North Dakota Association, 808 Third Avenue
Eric Hylden
Larry Simpson
South, Fargo, North Dakota 58108, and in con-
David Bird
Grand Forks
Bill Marcil, Jr.
Fargo
junction with the Tourism Promotion Division
Dunseith
cover, page 19, 27, 37
Minneapolis
page 5, 15
of the North Dakota Economic Development
page 28
page 21
Myron Jahner
Mark Strand
Commission, State Capitol, Bismarck, North
Bill & Sue Blunt
Bismarck
Jeffrey Myers
Fargo
Dakota 58505.
Dickinson
page 32, 48
Stafford, TX
page 8, 34, 43
page 36, 45
Todd Strand
George Sinner, Governor
Bismarck
Kevin Jeffrey
Bill Patrie, EDC Director
Greg Booth
Williston
Mark Nelson
page 16, 30, 46
Jim Fuglie, Tourism Director
Grand Forks
Rugby
Harley Straus
page 27
Myron & Nathan Just
page 14, 15, 20, 21,
Grand Forks
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changes to Horizons, P.O. Box 2467, Fargo, ND
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Minot
page 33
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A NOTE TO CONTRIBUTORS: Horizons
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welcomes submissions and contributions in the
page 11
Daphne Kinzler
DuWayne Rude
Bill Vinje
form of manuscripts, drawings and photo-
Oakes
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graphs and will be happy to consider them for
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possible publication. We request that a self-
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addressed, stamped envelope of the proper size
Phil Ruege
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be included with each submission. Although we
Jim Erickson
Bismarck
page 7
cannot assume responsibility for loss or
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Tim Kjos
page 3, 32
Clayton Wolt
damage, all material will be treated with care
Detroit Lakes
Judith Ruliffson
Sterling
while in our possession. Payment for the use
Jim Fenelon
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Fargo
page 34
of unsolicited material will be made upon pub-
Bismarck
page 18, 22
lication. Contributions should be sent to the
Dan Koeck
Jim Zielsdorf
page 41, 49
editorial office.
Minot
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Beach
Robert Fenstermacker
page 10, 13, 29
West Fargo
page 9
No part of this magazine may be reproduced
Bismarck
in any way without written permission from the
The North Dakota "Day in the Life" photography project was supervised
page 34, 47
by these committee members:
editor.
Dave Fleck
Jim Fuglie, ND Tourism Promotion
Subscription office at 808 Third Avenue
Dickinson
Sheldon Green, Horizons magazine.
South, Fargo, North Dakota 58108. Phone
page 40
Tracy Potter, ND Tourism Promotion
701-237-9461.
Mark Strand, North Dakota State University
Kim Fundingsland
Harley Straus, University of North Dakota
Editorial office at 425 South Seventh Street,
Minot
Rod Tjaden, Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation
P.O. Box 2639, Bismarck, North Dakota 58502.
Jodi Artz, Greater North Dakota Association
Sheldon Green
Phone 701-222-0929.
With inspiration from William Albert Allard
Bismarck
Single issue: $4.00
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COVER CREDIT: The Ray Alkofer family poses for their
Annual calendar: $6.95
Ed Hagen
annual Fourth of July portrait, this year in a barley field near
Bismarck
their Park River home. From left is Ray, bill (who spells his
© 1989 by Horizons Magazine, all rights
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name in lower case and is a photographer for the Orange
reserved.
County Register in California), Mary Ramsey (living in Dickin-
Russ Hanson
son), Julie (living in Minneapolis), Bob (a student at home),
Fargo
Member, Regional Publishers
page 2
and Laura. Photo by Eric Hylden, a staff photographer for
Association
the Grand Forks Herald, who grew up on a dairy farm near
Park River.
horizons 1
The Native Americans built their homes to last in
North Dakota, and thus a rich legacy of valuable
anthropological sites remain today. This aerial view
A hearty tree stands guard
is of the Double Ditch site near Bismarck. The Mandan
over the Souris River Valley and
tribes probably inhabited his village, living in
the rolling hills beyond in
earthlodges in close proximity to each other.
McHenry County.
by Russ Hanson
by Dale Howard
Fargo
Minot
2 horizons
The Sully's Hill National
Game Preserve is a sanctuary for
wildlife and a peaceful place to
visit. The light on a autumn
afternoon sets an aspen tree
aglow.
by Jim Erickson
Devils Lake
A foggy morning along a
rural road bordering the
Sheyenne River.
by Jay Lindgren
West Fargo
horizons 3
Winter can be a starkly
beautiful season on the Dakota
prairie. An early evening moon
rises over an old barn in Ward
County.
by Dale Howard
Minot
Swathing the hilly terrain of Burke County as evening
sets in.
by Garry Redmann
Bismarck
For over 100-years farm-
ing has been North
Dakota's principle business
and an ever changing
one at that. Drought, low
prices and high debt has
caused many farmers to
leave the land. Auction
sales are the method of get-
ting out and even though
they are often sad days, an
auction becomes a com-
munity social event, as it
was at this Red River
Valley sale near Hillsboro
in Traill County.
by Larry Simpson
Fargo
Miles Maddock, 76, and his son
Greg, 32, stand in their dried out
water hole near Minnewaukan in Ben-
son County. The town of Maddock is
named after Miles' uncle, Michael,
who ran a little country store where the
town now lies. Miles scratched out a
living in the '30s, and thinks he can
survive as a rancher inspite of the
tough conditions in the country today.
by Vickie Kettlewell
Grand Forks
Drought in the sandhills of southeastern North
Dakota caused winds to blow parched soil completely
over many crops, ruining the harvest.
by Daphne Kinzler
Oakes
horizons 5
Every year a steam threshing show at New
Can there be any doubt that Gertie
Rockford draws big crowds of the curious
Engelhardt serves up a good slice of pie and
and those who remember working on the
offers a friendly greeting at the Ashley Cafe?
noisy machines. While a threshing bee is hot
Once each week the cafe serves a German sup-
dusty work, it is a labor of love for those seek-
per
virtually a necessity in McIntosh
ing to recall the "good old days".
County which was predominantly settled by
by Kim Wehner
German immigrants from Russia.
Bismarck
by Fred Schumacher
Kindred
Cephas Goddard, 83, is a
walking work of North Dakota
history. He annually presides
over the meeting of "50 Years in
the Saddle" in Watford City, and
participates in the "Cowboy
Poetry Gathering" in Medora
every Memorial Day. "It feels
good to get a bunch of old hands
together
.
to have a little doin's
each year."
by Sheldon Green
Bismarck
Near an abandoned country
school in Grand Forks County, a
sunflower field awaits harvest.
by Jerry Olson
Grand Forks
horizons 7
Tom Sawyer couldn't have found a bet-
ter place to fish for walleyes in the Missouri
River at Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park
near Mandan.
by Sheldon Green
Bismarck
Larry League (right), a professor at Dickinson
State University, points out a discovery of complete
An odd sort of threshing reunion occurs with
leg bones and ribs of a triceratops in the Hell Creek
this long line of steam threshing machines in
Formation near Marmath in Slope County. League
Logan County. These days the great machines
is hoping to build a museum to display the wealth
have been nicknamed mechanical dinosaurs and
of dinosaur remains found in southwestern North
can be seen along roadsides throughout the state.
Dakota.
by Myron & Nathan Just
by Bill & Sue Blunt
Berlin
Dickinson
Potato Field Day at North
Dakota State University brought
producers into contact with
researchers in potato breeding,
who are crossing domestic plants
with imports from South
America to develop disease
resistance. Progress on insect
and weed control was also
featured at the annual tour.
by Don Such
Fargo
Ranchers in Golden Valley County struggled
to find feed for their livestock after the drought
last summer. But others found work because of
the drought. C.P. Finneman, a Beach farmer and
trucker, hauled many loads of hay from Bozeman
to Beach to feed hungry cattle.
by Jim Zielsdorf
Beach
horizons 9
A leisurely pace is one of
baseball's great attributes.
During an American
Legion tournament at
Makoti a player idled away
dugout time.
by Dan Koeck
Minot
Before the hot dogs
are roasted at a pic-
nic, the kids will
usually have the area
thoroughly explored.
These four quickly
found a makeshift
basketball and
started a game in
Dunn Center at the
picnic for the
employees of First
American
State
Bank.
by Tim Kjos
Detroit Lakes
10 horizons
Children's sack races were part of the
"Sunday in the Park" celebration in
Mayville on July 24.
T.
Chevy DEALING "MERCER COUNTY'S
by Rick Killion
DEALER"
Olds.
Fargo
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OF UNION PROUD
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NOINO OR
The strike by the United Mine
Workers of America at the
Indian Head Mine in Zap lasted
for several months and involved
not only the miners but their
families as well. At a rally and
parade in Beulah, a young girl
expresses sentiments about the
union.
by John Carrington, Jr.
Minneapolis
horizons 11
The descendants of Sitting Bull's herd of horses are raised on
an Emmons County ranch by Frank Kuntz of Linton. Kuntz runs
the horses on the Great American Horse Race circuit, and is the
main character in a script planned for a Hollywood film about
the circuit.
by Les Baumgartner
Bismarck
Working at a
young age, particu-
larly on a farm, is one
of North Dakota's
great traditions. At
the annual Sod-
buster's Days at Fort
Ransom State Park,
everyone lends a hand
to harness horses,
hitch plows, or pitch
hay in the loft of the
barn.
by Sheldon Green
Bismarck
12 horizons
TH
The inauguration of legalized
betting on horse racing occurred
at the Wells County Fair in
Fessenden last summer. Jockeys
in colorful silks raced North
Dakota thoroughbreds on two
weekends in June.
by Dan Koeck
Minot
When Park River police
officer John Fay completes
his shift of keeping the
peace in Walsh County, he
slips into his bibs and
works with his team of
horses.
by Jackie Lorentz
Grand Forks
horizons 13
Boy Scouts from Troop 100 in Jamestown explore
a fallen tree in the James River during a weekend
camp-out south of Ypsilanti in Stutsman County.
by John Damien
Jamestown
The summer meeting of
the Linton Ladies Bowling
League, planning their
activities in a local cafe.
by Mark Nelson
Rugby
Coke
BOWI
MEETINGS:
14 horizons
A cast member finishes her make-up
before the curtain call for "A Golden Fleec-
ing", a production of the LaMoure County
Summer Musical Theatre in Grand Rapids.
Several musicals are produced each sum-
mer at the theatre, with the cast drawn from
local business people and farm families in
LaMoure County.
by Mark Nelson
Rugby
The two Wentland brothers
anchor each end of the color
guard during Memorial Day ser-
vices at Fessenden in Wells
County.
by Larry Simpson
Fargo
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Curtis and Maxine Strand stand
behind statuettes of their children and
grandchildren in their Rugby home.
Strand recently sold his photography
studio where he began the use of
creating statuettes for special events,
like honoring a local sports team.
These pictures trace the football and
baseball careers of their sons, Mark
and Todd, and the first steps of grand-
son Curtis Reid Strand.
by Todd Strand
Bismarck
Comfortably enjoying his after-
noon pipe is Hans Moberg, 102, of
Michigan in Nelson County.
Moberg's life has paralleled all the
events of North Dakota's 100-years
of statehood and more. The retired
farmer keeps active and lives in his
own home.
by Jay Albrecht
Harvey
16 horizons
Health services provide many victories
every day in North Dakota. Edward Weigel
(left) and his twin brother were born on Aug.
6, 1988 at St. Lukes Hospital in Fargo. They
were eight weeks premature with Edward
weighing only 3 lbs. one-half ounce. With
close attention, his weight increased to five
pounds in 20 days. (Above) Joshua Mar-
man, 2, considers playing with his toys after
a phlebotomist finished drawing blood.
Marman lives in Beach but is brought to
Fargo for medical checkups and treatment.
by Nick Carlson
Fargo
Wrinkled and huge, the
elephants were the most
popular attraction when
the Shrine Circus came to
Grand Forks last spring.
by Harley Straus
Grand Forks
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Pictures of the students who
have taken music lessons
through the years from Sister
Salutaris line the walls of her
classroom at the convent and
school of the Sisters of St. Fran-
cis at Hankinson in Richland
County.
by Judith Ruliffson
Fargo
In addition to two days filled
with folk music, there were events
for the children at the Heart
River Folk Festival at Fort
Abraham Lincoln State Park
south of Mandan. This boy made
a soap bubble big enough to step
into at the children's activity
center.
by Rick Scharf
Mandan
Migrants working the rich sugarbeet fields of the Red River
Valley is a well-established economic tradition. Frankie Pedraza
said this was his first - and would be his last - summer spent
hoeing beets. The thirteen-year-old said he wanted money for Levi
501 jeans and Reebok shoes when he returned to junior high
school in Brownsville, Texas.
by Eric Hylden
Grand Forks
EVATOR
Anno Van Oosting, 75, of
Hensler in Oliver County takes a
break from plowing a dry, dusty
field he farms along the Missouri
River. Earlier in the year bad
health prevented him from plant-
ing his crop, but neighbors
pitched in and seeded his fields
for him.
by Kyle Brehm
Billings
Joe Dolejsi of Tolna in Nelson County usually walks between five and
seven miles on nice summer mornings, and since "I don't have too much
to do", he picks up litter along the roadside. Aluminum cans are nice finds,
since he turns them in for recycling and cash.
by Mark Nelson
Rugby
Dean Johnson supervised the
grilling of the steaks at the an-
nual family cook-out and sum-
mer picnic of the Mott Lions
Club.
by Cheryl Hanson
Bismarck
20 horizons
Bull riding is the most
popular event in rodeo
for the
spectators. For this cowboy at the
Bottineau rodeo the experience
was probably exhilarating, as the
bull was about to launch him on
a short flight with a rough
landing.
by Mark Nelson
Rugby
Wendell Crawford is a
Medora area ranch hand and a
well-known cowboy artist. He
has had shows of his work which
usually depict the everyday
events of the working cowboy.
by Bill Marcil, Jr.
Minneapolis
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Clarence and Donna Breuer (left) are in the centen-
nial spirit at their "Fancy Acres" home in Mooreton,
Richland County. Clarence's cap matches the centen-
nial flag they fly in their yard. Marlys Baelke (right)
is the postmistress at Great Bend, a colorful and neat
small town just off Interstate 29.
by Judith Ruliffson
Fargo
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On Bowman's Main Street, Gene's Cafe is where people go for morn-
ing coffee, the latest news, and card playing. On a Saturday morning
Martin Steiner, Leroy Finck, Norman Thorson and George Weiler
quickly got down to business
coffee and cards.
by Sheldon Green
Bismarck
22 horizons
One of the most exciting experiences of Rod Tjaden's 18-years of bully
good times in the Badlands was a hot air balloon ride from Medora
south along the Little Missouri River. Inspite of hot, dry conditions all
summer, the view was spectacular as the balloons slowly drifted in cool,
early morning air currents. Tjaden is the mayor of Medora and
manager of the many tourist related businesses operated by the
Theodore Roosevelt Medora Foundation.
Rod Tjaden
Medora
Late afternoon light made the Stars & Stripes stand
out against an autumn sky at Kramer in Bottineau
County.
by Mark Nelson
Rugby
Over 600 students ride to
school at Watford City on school
buses, which cover 2,750 miles of
scoria roads every day, making it
the largest geographic district in
North Dakota. Watford City's
buses drive over 1,450 square
miles daily, an area larger than
the state of Rhode Island. With
a total enrollment of nearly 1,000
students, over 60% of the
students are bused to school.
McKenzie County also has the
most rural one-room schools in
the state, where students attend
grades 1 through 8 before
transferring into one of the three
high schools in the county.
by Mark Anthony
Fargo
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Instrument technician Charlie Hoeppner calibrates a pressure
transmitter at the Little Knife Plant, operated by Warren Petroleum in
Dunn County. Warren is a division of Chevron, which is a major player
in oil and gas development in the rich Little Knife Field near Killdeer.
The plant is operated 24-hours a day.
by Tim Kjos
Detroit Lakes
David Johnson, the control
room shift supervisor at the
Minnkota power plant at Center.
On mild weather days less power
is in demand than hot summer
days when air conditioners are
running full tilt. The changes
make the shift interesting. "Our
job is pure boring at times, and
pure hectic other times."
by Kyle Brehm
Billings
26 horizons
Mike and Judy Stellon feed
cattle on a winter day at their
farm near Bowesmont in
Pembina County.
by Greg Booth
Grand Forks
Long, warm, dry summer days are ideal conditions for
harvesting grain. Myron Hylden, a farmer from Walsh
County, combines a wheat swath at dusk.
by Eric Hylden
Grand Forks
horizons 27
It takes a lot of work to prepare the floral displays
at the International Peace Garden each summer. Jaci
Strong of Dunseith, a seasonal worker, sets out
marigold and dusty miller plants in early June on the
North Dakota side of the border. She was working on
a double rainbow pattern, which took about two days
to plant. About six-million gallons of water kept the
flowers at their peak as 200,000 visitors walked
through the gardens last summer.
by David Bird
Dunseith
One of the duties of the U.S.
Border Patrol is to prevent illegal
border crossings. Francis Stun-
dal checks fresh tire tracks in the
mud of a farm road that runs
parallel to the U.S.-Canadian
border while fellow officer
Donald Robinson waits by the
patrol car. The two officers work
out of the Portal port of entry in
Burke County.
by Garry Redmann
Bismarck
28 horizons
Fran Dobitz (with saddle) and Bart
Baumeister prepare to saddle up and check
cattle on the Cedar Valley Ranch. Dobitz
runs the cow-calf outfit which is near the
South Dakota border in Sioux County.
by Doug Kary
Minot
Retiring after more than 34 years as
Not all work in North Dakota is ground-
postmaster in Denbigh, Doris Johnson took
ed in the cycle of the soil and the seasons.
the flag down in front of the post office for
On a Fargo commercial skyscraper this
the last time on April 29, 1988. Postal
window-washer works his high wire act for
patrons in the shrinking McHenry County
the sake of a clear view of the rich Red River
town (population 14) now rely on rural mail
Valley.
delivery.
by Sheldon Green
by Dan Koeck
Bismarck
Minot
U.S.
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Jobi Gramlow, Miss Dickey
County, in the Irrigation Days
parade on June 24 in Oakes. The
Oakes area was insulated to a
degree from last summer's
drought because of irrigation
through the Garrison Diversion
Unit and from private wells
drilled into a groundwater
aquifer.
by Daphne Kinzler
Oakes
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30 horizons
Rutland cuts hay, his team
wearing a fly net for protec-
tion from irritating flies.
by Sheldon Green
Bismarck
One of the very first Centen-
nial projects was sewing a huge
quilt which detailed prominent
aspects of every county. Made by
women's clubs throughout the
state, the work was coordinated
by Leona Tennyson of Antler.
Volunteers hauled the quilt onto
the Capitol Grounds and
photographs were taken of it
from a helicopter on a day in
which smoke from the fires in
Yellowstone Park obscured
visibility.
by Todd Strand
Bismarck
Devils Lake is one of North Dakota's premier water sports
attractions. In winter it offers some of the world's most famous
perch fishing. In summer, fishermen search for walleye. Lately,
sailing has become a popular activity on the lake.
by Jim Erickson
Devils Lake
On summer mornings when
the grass is heavy with dew,
wildlife often sit stop haybales to
stay dry. Near Long Lake Refuge
in Kidder County this flock of
grouse waits for the dew to burn
off.
by Myron Jahner
Bismarck
32 horizons
The drought of 1988
created new hazards for
boaters on Lake Saka-
kawea. Bays that were once
safe harbors filled with
water dried up and new
islands appeared where
there was once just open
water. The low water also
impacted the fishing, since
the species of gamefish
found new feeding areas.
This salmon boat is
anchored on a new beach
created by the low water.
by Burt Calkins
Bismarck
A popular recreation area in Barnes County is at
Bald Hill Dam, which has changed the Sheyenne River
into Lake Ashtabula. Against a backdrop of lush
vegetation, visitors use the area for fishing, camping,
and picnics.
by DuWayne Rude
Boston
horizons 33
One of five bow hunters from
Michigan uses camouflage to
blend into the trees while staying
at the Logging Camp Ranch in
Slope County. Tourist and hun-
ting cabins, in addition to a log-
ging operation, are part of this
working cattle ranch which has
been owned and operated by four
generations of Hansons. The
ranch is adjacent to the Little
Missouri National Grasslands
A successful hunter during the 1988 turkey season walks
out of the Badlands south of Medora near the historic
and contains seven different
ecosystems including North
Chimney Butte ranch site. Another name for the ranch was
Dakota's only Ponderosa Pine
the Maltese Cross, operated by Theodore Roosevelt, Sylvane
forest.
Ferris and Bill Merrifield in the 1880's. The turkey tom
weighed 18-pounds.
by Bill & Sue Blunt
Dickinson
by Clayton Wolt
Sterling
The dream of every
upland game hunter is a
beautiful, clear day and the
flurry of a pheasant taking
flight. Steve Reichenberg of
Hazen in Mercer County
had his dream come true
during the 1988 hunting
season.
by Robert
Fenstermacker
Bismarck
34 horizons
clear water help draw
thousands of visitors to
Sakakawea's shores each
summer.
by Tim Kjos
Detroit Lakes
The wide sand bars created by
the shifting action of the
Missouri River has made for a
popular recreation area between
the bridges that span Bismarck
and Mandan. Pamela Blazek, a
college student, takes advantage
of free time to enjoy a July sum-
mer afternoon.
by Phil Ruege
Bismarck
The Little Missouri Primitive State Park is one of
North Dakota's rare wilderness gems, offering a variety
of scenic trails for horseback riders. The trails follow
breaks in the Badlands and lead to the backwaters of
Lake Sakakawea just off Hwy. 22 in Dunn County.
by Ed Hagen
Bismarck
Two members of the
award-winning Happy
Hooligans from the North
Dakota Air National
Guard stand ready by their
F-4 Phantom jet fighter at
Hector Airport in Fargo.
WSO Terrence Barrett (left)
and pilot Thomas Larson,
both of Fargo, are part of
over 250 full-time members
of the 119th Fighter
Interceptor group who are a
vital part of America's
24-hours a day, 365-days a
year air defense mission.
by Jeffry Myers
Stafford, Texas
On a warm Sunday afternoon,
July 24, members of Detach-
ment 1, Company 'A', 141st
Engineering Combat Battalion
from Mayville in Traill County
mopped up the National Guard
Armory.
by Rick Killion
Fargo
36 horizons
The pride of service to their
country is evident on the faces of
this father and daughter as they
watch an air show during
"Friends and Neighbors Day" at
the Grand Forks Air Force Base.
The annual open house attracted
over 30,000 visitors last summer.
by Jackie Lorentz
Grand Forks
On an early August morning, Randy Solbolik,
a cropduster for Valley Sprayers of Park River,
applies insecticide on a sunflower field near Fair-
dale. This unusual perspective was created by a
16 mm 'fisheye' lens on a camera mounted to the
upper wing of a Grumman Ag-Cat biplane, fired
by the photographer using radio remote control
on the ground 100-feet below.
by Eric Hylden
Grand Forks
horizons 37
Otto and Othelia Ketterling
stand in the doorway of St.
Andrews church. A retired farm
couple, the Ketterlings now live
in Ashley but like the other
members of this rural congrega-
tion, still feel tremendous loyalty
to "their church" and attend ser-
vices every Sunday. Located
north of Zeeland, St. Andrews is
the mother church of the
German-Russian immigrants in
McIntosh County.
by Fred Schumacher
Kindred
The congregation of St. Andrews Lutheran Church
in rural McIntosh County sit in the original sandstone
and clay church built by pioneers in 1893. The walls
are two-feet thick, and each family donated 15-days
labor to build it. It was organized in 1885 by German
immigrants from Russia and is occasionally still used
today for bible school classes. A larger church was built
in 1906. Two pastors, Gary and Kathy Connors-Nelson,
serve the rural congregation.
by Fred Schumacher
Kindred
38 horizons
Alma Kuch of Center
was only the fourth
organist at Christ
Lutheran Church in its
100-year history. She played
for services for over 50-years
until the church closed last
fall.
by Kyle Brehm
Billings
Oscar Letzring, 93, and Paul Rusch, 95, stand outside of Christ
Lutheran Church, known to the locals as Churchtown, southwest
of Center in Oliver County. In the summer of 1988 the small
congregation celebrated the 100th anniversary of the church, then
closed it in the fall. Rusch is the oldest living member of the
church and now lives in a New Salem rest home. He said the
church once served a large rural population, but now many of
those pioneer farms are abandoned.
by Kyle Brehm
Billings
horizons 39
Evening vespers on
Good Friday, Assumption
Abbey at Richardton in
Stark County. Built by the
Brothers of St. Benedict
and dedicated on Christ-
Father George Pruys
mas Eve in 1908, the abbey
lights the alter candles at
is now operated as a
St. Demetrius Ukranian
Christian center for
Catholic Church located
renewal, workshops and
north of Belfield on US 85.
retreats. Known as "The
The church was begun in
Gem of the Prairie", the
1897 by immigrants from
abbey has 50 stained glass
Russia, who also planted
windows, much hand-
some 40 varieties of tree
carved woodwork and
seedlings on the land
handcrafted gold leaf, and
surrounding the church.
contains a museum and
Today, it is a forested oasis
library with over 80,000
on the open, rolling prairie.
volumes.
by Dave Fleck
by Dave Fleck
Dickinson
Dickinson
40 horizons
Francis Cree (extreme left) has been working to keep the cultural and
spiritual heritage alive on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation in
Rolette County. Here, visitors from Canada brought a group of Iranian
students to observe and perhaps participate in a pipe ceremony with
Cree, who is well-known for his knowledge of "the old ways" in tribal
customs.
by Mark Nelson
Rugby
The June wedding of Maurice Antell, Jr., and Ramona Eagle Chasing
at the Church of St. Peter in Fort Yates was a happy event that brought out
large families to celebrate. Leaving the church after the ceremony, the couple
was pelted with rice thrown by attendants and friends.
by Jim Fenelon
Bismarck
horizons 41
Working to open the Cross
Ranch State Park in Oliver
County for the centennial
summer has become a labor of
love for Jesse Hanson of the ND
Park Service. He stands on the
banks of the Missouri River in a
campground he's building which
has camp sites named for each of
North Dakota's 29 governors.
by Kyle Brehm
Billings
Waterfowl thrive at the
J. Clark Sayler Refuge in
Bottineau County. White Snow
Geese dominate the refuge in late
fall before the migration. North
Dakota is perhaps the nation's
most crucial waterfowl nesting
and production state.
by Bill Vinje
Minot
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Late in the fall, as the light seems to thicken at the
end of a warm day just before a cool evening begins,
one side of a farmer's out building is illuminated in
Griggs County.
by Jerry Olson
Grand Forks
A federal firefighter stands weary watch at the Mike's Creek fire west of Fairfield
in Billings County. The fire, touched off by lightning, consumed 5,400 acres of
private and public land in the Little Missouri National Grasslands of the Custer
National Forest. The combined efforts of ranchers, rural fire departments, Billings
County officials, oil company workers and federal fire crews contained the blaze
along a 19-mile fireline of. jagged, near-wilderness in some of the roughest terrain
in the Badlands.
by Bill & Sue Blunt
Dickinson
horizons 43
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Native American artist Leo Wilke of
Dunseith holds a sculpture in
progress. Wilke interprets his work
from dreams, tribal legends and
animals, and actively works to
document and retain the spiritual and
cultural legacy of his tribe. He is a
highly regarded artist and popular
folklorist.
by Mark Nelson
Rugby
Each summer the large
carnival that is traveling to
the State Fair stops at the
United Tribes Technical
College in Bismarck for a
long weekend. It has
become a popular annual
attraction eagerly awaited
by young people.
DANGER HIGH VOLTAGE
Despite the warnings of high
voltage, neon sign maker Paul
Paxton of Cook Sign Company in
Fargo holds a soon-to-be-finished
sign. Paxton's work blends com-
mercial advertising with color,
design and the satisfaction of
craftsmanship.
by Jeffrey Myers
Stafford, Texas
Using his best punch, the left jab, Virgil
Hill retained his WBA light heavyweight
championship on November 11, 1988 in
Bismarck. The champion scored a tenth
round knock-out over Canadian champion
Willy Featherstone before a crowd of 8,000
in the Civic Center. Hill claims all of North
Dakota as his home and has fought three
sold-out nationally televised bouts from
Bismarck.
by Sheldon Green
Bismarck
horizons 45
This aerial view of the White
Earth Valley in Mountrail
County shows the effects of last
summer's dry conditions, with
brown, withered prairie grass
and the premature coloring of
the trees that line the valley.
by Robert Fenstermacker
Bismarck
In late October, during the
Oktober Fest celebration in New
Leipzig, Grant County, the warm
colors of fall are framed through
the windows of a trusty 1968
Chevrolet touring car.
by Todd Strand
Bismarck
46 horizons
A rare sight in dry North Dakota last summer was
this rainbow in Williams County. Rain fall was at least
a dozen inches below normal in most areas of western
North Dakota.
by Chuck Scofield
Williston
In mid-June this sunset
on Lake Sakakawea lit the
While camping at the
area near Slater's Resort in
Hazelton boat landing in
Dunn County in the red
Emmons County, Rita and
glow of a warm summer
7-month old Casey Ray
evening. A lone boat
Jahner greeted the sunrise
returns contestants from a
along the banks of the
fishing derby.
Missouri River.
by Tim Kjos
by Myron Jahner
Detroit Lakes, MN.
Bismarck
Mary Louise Defender Wilson of Shields,
harvests corn on a neighbor's farm near the Cannon-
ball River in Grant County. A former Miss Indian
America and a recognized expert on Sioux culture,
Defender Wilson feels the corn harvest is a very impor-
tant part of her life, since her grandfather came from
a place known as "looks like a corn cob hill".
by Jim Fenelon
Bismarck
bis Centennial
Project was
partially funded by the North Dakota
Centennial Commission and through
the generous assistance of these
businesses and organizations:
THRODORE ROC OSEVEL
Theodore Roosevelt
Medora Foundation
Bismarck & Medora
KNIGHT
PRINTING
Knight Printing Co.
V&
Fargo
MAY'S
May's Camera
CAMERA & SHOP
Bismarck
Quality Printing Service
Bismarck
North Dakota Tourism
Discover the
Promotion Division
Economic Development
Commission
Bismarck
GNDA
Greater North Dakota
Association
Greater North Dakota Association
Fargo & Bismarck
North Dakota
Centennial Commission
NORTH
DAKOTA
txass ENTRAL
Bismarck
Mathison's
Mathison's
Fargo & Bismarck