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The recently expanded Rough Riders Hotel in Medora, N.D. now draws oil company executives as well as tourists.
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Elkhorn Ranch in Theodore Rooselvelt National Park has been called the Walden of the West
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The tourist town of Medora (pop. 100) is the gateway to Theordore Roosevelt National Park
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Thanks to an influx of oil workers, every night is a Saturday night at the Outlaws Bar & Grill in Watford City, part of the Bakken oil region.
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A memorial to an earlier generation of risk-takers stands along busy Highway 85 in the heart of North Dakota's oil boom.
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A top attraction in Medora, N.D. is a pitchfork fondue with ribeye steaks fried in sunflower oil.
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Sunset in Watford City, one of the oil boom towns near Theodore Roosevelt National Park
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"Theodore Roosevelt Rides Again" is one of several giant metal sculptures lining the "Enchanted Highway" off Interstate 94 west of Bismarck, N.D.
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These "cannon ball" concretions are among the geological oddities in Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
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A food truck south of Watford City, N.D. serves some of the estimated 5,000 oil workers who now live in this small town.
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This bank is one of several abandoned buildings in the tiny town of Lefor, located about 20 miles southeast of Dickinson, N.D.
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North Dakota leads the nation in sunflower production, and the hardy plants have done well during this year's drought.
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“I never would have been president if not for my experiences in North Dakota,” Theodore Roosevelt once said.
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Oil-related traffic is picking up throughout the Bakken oil region in Western North Dakota.
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Harvest time: Bales of hay pepper the fields throughout Western North Dakota in late August.
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A camper winds through the less-visited North Unit of Theordore Roosevelt National Park.
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A view of the North Dakota Badlands from Highway 85, which lruns between the South and North units of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
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Black-tailed prairie dogs are a common sight along the 36-mile scenic loop drive in the South Unit of Theodore Roosevelt National Park.
