North Dakota: A Pictorial History

by David P. Gray

Commissioned to recognize 100 years of statehood, this large (9.5"x12"x1") and heavy (3 pounds, 9 ounces), 264-page book captures and presents the rich heritage of North Dakota. It's a visual record of the great changes and events experienced by generations of North Dakotans. The reader journeys back to antiquity to learn of North Dakota's historic Indian tribes, photo essays capture the excitement and struggle of settling the frontier, the triumph in the 19th and 20th centuries over physical elements, economic depression and two world wars. Dozens of photographs reveal the challenge and wonder of those years. Over 400 photographs show the mosaic of the ND experience. Scenes of everyday life, views of events, personalities and developments shaping the ND past and present are brilliantly reproduced. You see the grandeur and beauty of the ND landscape. A unique look into a beautiful, rich state and its people.

264 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1988