Home of Theodore Roosevelt National Park, the world’s largest buffalo and the largest pancake feed. So, North Dakotans will remain leaders in energy, agriculture, and technology. But the legislature roundly defeated the proposed bills. Two attempts have been made to - gasp - drop “North” from the state name: once in 1947 and another in 1989 (immortalized in a 1999 episode of “The West Wing”). Though, residents haven’t always embraced the state name. From the Indigenous tribes who built the area’s first earthlodges to the Scandinavians who came with saunas, the state has truly adapted to life in the far north. It takes some humility to live in a place where the average temperature is 40 ☏ - and it takes fortitude to stare down at the frozen surface of a lake and think you can pull a fish out of it for dinner. More than 90% of the land area here is devoted to farming and ranching, making North Dakota as down-to-earth as states come. ![]() You’ll find those legacies shine through in its food, activities and cultural centers. With a low cost of living and an easy way of life, the state has a rich and diverse heritage, from numerous Indigenous tribes to Scandinavian settlers. With under a million residents, North Dakotans may be outnumbered by cattle, bees, acres of grassland and pounds of beans, but its residents are outdone by no one. ![]() On the country’s northern edge, where the Great Plains greet the Badlands and fields of sunflowers yield to feet of snow, lies North Dakota, one of the coldest - but coziest - states in the union.
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