NORTH DAKOTA GEOGRAPHIC ALLIANCE MAGAZINE
Fall 2004, Volume 4, Number 1
FRONT COVER
Wave cut cliffs, caves, and abandoned beaches stand high above the Lake Sakakawea shoreline this year and offer inviting field trip opportunities. This photo was taken at Government Bay, just north of Riverdale (NDGA Magazine photo).
4 SOYBEANS IN NORTH DAKOTA by Pat Schwan
Learn how North Dakota soybeans are grown and used.
8 POINTE OF VIEW WINERY: AN EXAMPLE OF VALUE ADDED AGRICULTURE
by Richard Srejma. Learn how North Dakota’s first winery operates.
12 FUTURE OF ALTERNATIVE FUELS IN NORTH DAKOTA by Craig Fricke
Explore how North Dakota agriculture can power your car.
16 ON THE ROAD… COUNTRY ROADS, PRAIRIE TRAILS… AND SOMETIMES…
SOMEWHERE BEYOND… by Suzanne Fibelstad
Learn what a North Dakota teacher sees when working as a certified seed inspector.
20 A NORTH DAKOTA FOURTH GRADE AGRICULTURE LESSON PLAN by Nancy Beck
Discover how fourth grade students in one school learn about North Dakota agriculture.
24 DID YOU KNOW THAT… by Curt Eriksmoen. Read fascinating North Dakota small town success stories.
24 ERA BELL THOMPSON WAS ONE OF NORTH DAKOTA’S RENOWN WOMEN ATHLETES?
25 TOM MIX GOT MARRIED IN NORTH DAKOTA?
26 HAPPY CHANDLER PLAYED BASEBALL IN THE NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY?
27 ETHEL CATHERWOOD WON AN OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL FOR CANADA?
28 THORTON FREELAND FROM HOPE HELPED HUMPHREY BOGART?
29 TED MANN BUILT HIS CAREER IN THE MOVIE INDUSTRY?
30 ROBERT SCHOENHUT JR. HELPED FILM DANCES WITH WOLVES?
31 VILHJALMUR STEFANSSON PROMOTED HEALTHY DIETS? 32 WILLIAM BOYCE BEGAN AS A LISBON NEWSPAPER BOY?
33 THE MAN BEHIND ADOLPH’S MEAT TENDERIZER WAS RAISED IN NORTH DAKOTA?
34 TEACHING: A GEOGRAPHY ACTION! REPORT by Phil Murphy
35 WATCHING BIRDS FOR PROJECT FEEDERWATCH by Chloe Ondracek
A third grade home school student describes how she learns geography by observing North Dakota birds.
BACK COVER
Looking north along the Missouri River at a scene that in some respects is not too different from that seen 200 years ago by Lewis and Clark, yet in other respects is a totally different world (NDGA Magazine photo).