North Dakota Studies

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The North Dakota Studies website offers resources on the people, places, events, and fascinating history of North Dakota for teachers, students, and lifelong learners. A collaboration of the North Dakota Humanities Council (NDHC), the North Dakota Center for Distance Education, and the North Central Council for School Television in partnership with Prairie Public, the site provides teaching resources not only for fourth grade, eighth grade, and high school North Dakota Studies classes but also for cross-curricular applications throughout K-12. In addition, you will find photographs, maps, and other primary documents, well-researched and authoritative articles, as well as audio and video clips on the history, culture, and life of the state.

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This Week's Feature

The Old Red Trail owes its existence to the Federal Highway Act, signed into law by President Dwight Eisenhower in 1956.

Title: Old Red Trail: Birth of the Interstate

Overview

Crossing the United States before the federal highway system was in place was very difficult. President Dwight Eisenhower traveled in a military expedition from Maryland to California in the early 1910s and took that experience with him to the White House. He signed the Federal Highway Act in 1956, which led to the opening of the first part of Interstate 94 in October of 1958 between Valley City and Jamestown.

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