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North Dakota:
`the boundary between east and west.` The Missouri indeed marks the beginning of The West, with its heritage of Indian tribes, cattle drives, settlers and shoot-outs, and its legacy of powerful personalities: George Armstrong Custer, Sitting Bull, Lewis and Clark, Sakakawea, Theodore Roosevelt and other fabled figures. The West is also noted for the beauty of its rugged Badlands and the magic of Medora, the historic cowtown named after the lovely young wife of a French aristocrat. Just to the west of The Valley, the area of Coteaus and Prairies rises gradually and stretches to the Missouri River. It`s a region of gently rolling hills, plains and marshes, the northern reaches of the Great Plains, part of the flat, rural landform stretching down the center of the continent from Canada to Mexico. The Heritage Center, on Bismarck`s Capitol grounds, is another important stop on any trip to the state. North Dakota`s history is preserved there for future generations. Across the Missouri, Fort Abraham Lincoln State Park features the restored Custer House and a Mandan Indian Village. A tribute to over 150 years of peace between the two neighbouring countries, the International Peace Garden is located directly on the border between Canada and the United States. Land donated by both countries has been turned into a garden worthy of its purpose. Along with beautiful flowers and grounds, beautiful music is also an important part of the garden. Each one of the state parks is a showcase for the state`s varied beauty and history. It will provide an ideal opportunity to get in touch with the outdoors. Campgrounds are available in all areas of the state--some privately owned and others managed by the state parks. Lake Sakakawea is a walleye-fishing hot spot, offering avid fishermen a real challenge. Other areas in the state offer fishing and water recreation in abundance also. Productive farm country, it also has large areas of wetlands with thousands of potholes left by retreating glaciers, making this area home to more nesting ducks and pelicans than anywhere else in America. Directly north of the Coteaus and Prairies is North Dakota`s land of Lakes and Gardens, a four-season playground marked by picturesque lakes, thick forests and the tree-dotted slopes of the scenic Turtle Mountains. Inviting waters welcome boaters, anglers and fun-seekers to their shores. Home to Sioux and Chippewa, this great outdoors with all its natural unspoiled beauty and diversity, is an important breeding ground for ducks and geese. Over the past two million years, continental glaciers repeatedly advanced southward across eastern North Dakota, depositing thick blankets of glacial sediments. Around 12,000 years ago, as the last ice sheet began to retreat from North Dakota, what is now the Red River Valley became part of an immense glacial lake, Lake Agassiz. At its maximum depth at Fargo, the waters of Lake Agassiz were about 300 feet deep. As Lake Agassiz drained from eastern North Dakota about 9300 years ago, it left behind a flat landscape underlain by lake sediments that would eventually become transformed into fertile black soil. Today, here on the eastern edge of North Dakota, towering shelterbelts turn farmsteads into wooded castles surrounded by oceans of waving wheat. North Dakota has a lot of wildlife. The creation of refuges and parks has kept the animal population strong, and travelers have plenty of good spots to view native species such as bison, mule deer, bighorn sheep and coyotes. The state has also played a large role in the history of westward expansion in North America. An abundance of historic sites and museums gives visitors a better understanding of how the state and the country evolved into their present forms. And with one of the largest Native American populations in the U.S., North Dakota also provides a good introduction to their culture, both in the past and as it exists today. Pick up the trail of America`s greatest legends in North Dakota, and you`ll find yourself in a legendary adventure of your own.
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