FARGO — Of the roughly 352 million trees in North Dakota, fewer than 100 are “Yeah this is North Dakota, but we have some really, really cool trees,” said Lezlee Johnson, forest health ...

So maybe there is no dominantly famous person from North Dakota. Maybe it's a land of somewhat-loved B-listers and a few A-listers from elsewhere who residents claim despite their birth certificates.

This tree was nominated by Joel Allen, with the North Dakota Forest Service. This new state champion has a total of 73.6 points for having a circumference of 2 feet 9.1 inches, height of 35 feet ...

Here we immigrants have been in North Dakota officially as a recognized territory since 1861 and our wind-swept prairies are still suffering from an embarrassing nakedness.