2020 North Dakota – part 16: Pembina State Museum – early military presence to today
We can’t believe that after this post we’ll have finished with the history of the Pembina area of ND! After leaving the museum, we went for lunch at a small...
2020 North Dakota – part 17: Turtle Mountain and the International Peace Gardens
In most U.S. states, the Turtle Mountain range—which rise 2000 feet above sea level and 300 to 400 feet above the surrounding countryside—would be called hills. But in North Dakota,...
2020 North Dakota – part 18: Turtle Mountain’s high points
One of our observations of North Dakota is that the people who live here love their state and want to show it off. When Barney was first investigating what to...
2020 North Dakota – part 19: Williston’s offer of respite and the discovery of oil in ND
As we looked at the state of North Dakota to plan this trip, we knew we wanted to see the northern part of Theodore Roosevelt National Park; the closest town...
2020 North Dakota – part 20: Williston’s Bakken Formation and all about drilling for oil
We all know that drilling for oil has made the U.S. energy-independent, but so much goes into drilling that the process and the terms are like a foreign language to...