Yellow green fields

North Dakota to Minnesota

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July 5th 2008
Thanks to the mosquitoes, we got to eat at MacDonald’s again for breakfast. We both need to go back on diets as soon as we get home. Driving across North Dakota was much the same as yesterday’s drive through Montana. Lots of small towns, accent on the small, with populations of less than 100. Oil derricks are popping up everywhere in ND and people are becoming very rich, leasing the minera ... read more

North America » United States » North Dakota

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more