history of North Dakota...use of the automobile. After World War II came rural electrification, soil conservation, and highway construction. In the 1950s North Dakota became an oil-producing state. Construction of the Garrison Dam on the Missouri River, completed in 1954, created an enormous reservoir, Lake Sakakawea. But while important for hydroelectric production and irrigation, the dam flooded Native American...
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