North Dakota capital city since 1883, first as capital of the Dakota Territory, and then as state capital since 1889. Minot is a city in northern North Dakota and is home of the North Dakota State Fair and Norsk Høstfest. A few miles west of Bismarck on the west side of the Missouri River, the city of Mandan was named for the Mandan Indians who inhabited the area at the time of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. New Salem is the site of the world's largest statue of a holstein cow; the world's largest statue of a bison is in Jamestown. Grand
North Dakota State University Press North Dakota State University Press The North Dakota State University Press, also known as NDSU Press, is a historical publishing institute located at North Dakota State University. The NDSU Press is for publishing literary works with a “regional focus,” which includes the regions of “the Red River Valley, the state of North Dakota, the plains of North America (comprising both the Great Plains of the United States and the prairies of Canada), and comparable regions of other continents.” This institute was originally established in 1950 as the North Dakota Institute for Regional Studies (NDIRS). The established purpose of the NDIRS,