North Dakota

Becoming a State of the Union
    North Dakota was the 39th state to join the union. It happened on November 2, 1889. Ranked 19th in size and 47th in population, North Dakota is a windy state with cold winters and hot summers. Essentially a treeless grassland converted to cropland, farming plays a major role all aspects of the state.

    In the period of ten days four states joined the union in November of 1889. North Dakota and South Dakota were signed into statehood on November 2, Montana six days later on the 8th and Washington on the 11th. There continue rivalries over whether North Dakota or South Dakota became a state first.

    In 2011 a former history teacher while researching to write a book about North Dakota discovered a missing word in its constitution which violated the federal law for becoming a state suggesting that North Dakota indeed is not and has never been a state of the union. This has created some interesting discussions about the rights and privileges of people who were born and live in North Dakota.