From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!ihnp4!ixn5c!inuxc!inuxd!arlan Newsgroups: net.misc Title: Re: North Dakota Article-I.D.: inuxd.238 Posted: Wed Jan 26 12:30:21 1983 Received: Fri Jan 28 08:12:49 1983 References: amd70.399 I once was traveling in South Dakota and wondered about driving the 40 miles to North Dakota. I was told by a wandering bearded man that North Dakota was merely a legendary land, used to justify the name given to the state I was traveling in. Seems an ex-Confederate moved to the Dakota Territory after The War, and determined to bring The South with him. Guess he did! --arlan andrews/american bell/indy