NORTH DAKOTA GEOGRAPHIC ALLIANCE MAGAZINE
Spring 2005, Volume 4, Number 3
FRONT COVER
Spring is a wonderful time to explore North Dakota. Throughout the state roads and hiking trails such as the Caprock Coulee Trail in the North Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park invite exploration.
4 THE SOUNDS OF PLACE by Mindy Paulson, Lindsey O’Keefe and Jason Giedd
Learn how MayPort-CG students developed a 2004-5 Geography Action! project.
6 FARGO AGASSIZ MIDDLE SCHOOL 6th GRADERS DESCRIBE SPECIAL PLACES
by Julie Costello and students
6. North Dakota by Samantha Arnold 6. Diesel Truck by Jaden Radcliffe
7. R&R by Brant Peuser 7. Grandparent’s Place by Shelby Donner
8. Inspiration Point by Nathan Olson 8. Viva Las Vegas by Matt Sorensen
9. On Streets of Chicago by Mia Barnett 9. The Farm by Melanie A. McDougall
10. Disneyland by Michael Levich 10. Florida by Miranda Broin
11. Paradise by Eric Forde 11. Harney Peak by Jacob Wagar
12. Small House Big City by Andy Schmidt 12. My Home State by Janeise Brigham
13. Florida by Noah Cook 13. Ottertail Lake by Eric Jablonsky
13. The Lakes by Sean Colbert 14. Late Summer in Washington by Brooke Morris 14. A Place Called… by Emily Erickson 15. Camp Shetek by Jacky Arness 16. The Lake by Sam Roth 16. Everyday by TJ Tran
17 DID YOU KNOW THAT… by Curt Eriksmoen. Read fascinating North Dakota success stories.
17 FORT SEWARD HAD AN INTERESTING HISTORY?
18 DUNCAN GRAHAM DEFEATED THE AMERICANS?
19 NORTH DAKOTA‘S GRAHAM’S ISLAND IS NAMED AFTER DUNCAN GRAHAM?
20 THE INVENTOR OF MODERN SKIING LATER BECAME A NORTH DAKOTA FARMER?
21 ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST SUCCESSFUL SWINDLERS CAME TO NORTH DAKOTA?
22 ONE MAN WHO LIVED IN NORTH DAKOTA FOUNDED 18 CHURCH CONGREGATIONS, FOUR SCHOOLS, A COLLEGE, AND A LUTHERAN SYNOD?
24 A NUMBER OF ANIMALS, REAL AND CONSTRUCTED, HAVE NORTH DAKOTA TIES?
25 A NORTH DAKOTA FAMILY HAD MANY FIRSTS?
26 A NORTH DAKOTA ECONOMIST IMPROVED MILLIONS OF LIVES?
27 A PLANE CRASH STARTED BOBBY VEE ON HIS CAREER?
28 THE OWNER OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST WHEAT FARM WAS A NORTH DAKOTAN?
29 A DEFEATED NORTH DAKOTA CANDIDATE REFUSED TO VACATE HIS OFFICE?
30 NORTH DAKOTA BANKS REFUSED TO FINANCE MELROE MANUFACTURING?
31 NORTH DAKOTA NEWSPAPERS HAVE WON SEVERAL PULITZER AWARDS?
32 A FORMER NORTH DAKOTA COLLEGE PROFESSOR WON SIX EMMY AWARDS?
33 AT LEAST A DOZEN NORTH DAKOTANS HAVE PLAYED THEMSELVES IN THE MOVIES? 34 NORMAN KITTSON WAS THE FIRST PERSON FROM NORTH DAKOTA TO $1,000,000?
35 TEACHING GEOGRAPHY by Phil Murphy
North Dakota Geographic Alliance Magazine Geography Action! editor comments on teaching geography in North Dakota high schools.
BACK COVER
Continuing along the Caprock Coulee Trail explorers can discover a moon like setting where bentonitic clays have developed a unique claystone cap rock.