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The land that we now call North Dakota was apart of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803.
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North Dakota along with South Dakota were both admitted to statehood on November 2, 1889. Since both states applied for statehood at the same time Benjamin Harrison signed the papers without looking. However, North Dakota comes first alphabetically so it became a state first. The 39th state of the United States of America.
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The International Peace Garden was opened in 1932 to represent peace between the U.S. and Canada. It includes 2,339 acres in North Dakota and Manitoba.
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Theodore Roosevelt enjoyed hunting in the North Dakota Badlands He even came to live there after his wife and mother passed away. Roosevelt thought his time their helped him become president. The Theodore Roosevelt National Park was established in 1947.
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In 1973 the Arab oil embargo and also rising gas prices encouraged the drilling for oil in North Dakota. With the rising prices, the nation constructed its first gasification plant in near Beulah, North Dakota.
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In 2012 North Dakota became the fastest growing state in the United States. This is mostly because of the oil boom happening in the western part of the state.
