North Dakota Facts and Figures…..

By Lena Trondson • August 24, 2008

North Dakota is bordered by three states – South Dakota, Minnesota, and Montanta; and two Canadian provinces – Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
Lewis and Clark spent the winter of 1804-1805 at Forth Mandan, near Washburn. That is where they met Sakakawea, who helped guide them to the Pacific Ocean.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park is named for the 26th President, Theodore Roosevelt, who had two ranches in the North Dakota Badlands.
Sitting Bull, a Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux chief, spent much of his life in North Dakota, until his remains were moved in 1953, was buried near Fort Yates.
General George Custer and the 7th cavalry were sent to the Plains and stationed at Fort Abraham Lincoln, just south of Mandan, in 1873.
International Peace Garden is located on the U.S. and Canadian borders of North Dakota and Manitoba as a symbol of friendship.
The number 1 reason why people travel to North Dakota, is to attend an event or festival. Every year, North Dakota hosts many cultural events from Scandinavian festivals to American Indian powwows, fairs, rodeos, re-enactments, and musical events.
North Dakota is home to more wildlife refuges than any other state, as well as an outdoor playground for hiking, biking, canoeing, camping, sailing, skiing, golfing, wildlife viewing and horseback riding.

North Dakota produces annually enough: Wheat for 11.5 billion loaves of bread, soybeans to make 216 billion crayons, potatoes for 195 million servings of french fries, durum for 10 billion servings of spaghetti, beef for 117 million hamburgers, wool for 573,000 sweaters, milk for 1.2 billion glasses, pork for 50 million pork chops, sunflowers to fill 390 million bags of sunflower seeds. Corn to sweeten 45 billion cans of soda, canola to fill the North Dakota State Capitol building more than 17 times.