Bismarck is the capital of the U.S. state of North Dakota and the county seat of Burleigh County. It is the second-most populous city in North Dakota after Fargo. The city's population was estimated in 2019 at 73,529, while its metropolitan population was 128,949. In 2019, Forbes magazine ranked Bismarck as the seventh fastest-growing small city in the United States.
Ward County is a county in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 61,675, making it the fourth-most populous county in North Dakota. Its county seat is Minot.
Burke County is a county on the north edge of the U.S. state of North Dakota, adjacent to the south line of Canada. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 1,968. Its county seat is Bowbells.
Flaxton is a city in Burke County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 66 at the 2010 census. Flaxton was founded in 1900 and was named because the predominant crop in the area is flax.
North Dakota State University of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, more commonly known as North Dakota State University (NDSU), is a public research university located in Fargo, North Dakota. The institution was founded as North Dakota Agricultural College in 1890 as the research land-grant institution for the state of North Dakota. NDSU is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity". As of 2020, NDSU offers 94 undergraduate majors, 146 undergraduate degree programs, 5 undergraduate certificate programs, 84 undergraduate minors, 87 master's degree programs, 52 doctoral degree programs of study, and 21 graduate certificate programs.
William Frederick Lemke was a United States politician. He represented North Dakota in the United States House of Representatives as a member of the Republican Party. He was also the Union Party's presidential candidate in the 1936 presidential election.
John Burke was an American lawyer, jurist, and political leader from North Dakota. He was the tenth Governor of North Dakota.
Carl Benjamin "Ben" Eielson was an American aviator, bush pilot and explorer. Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska is named in his honor.
The United States Navy Memorial is a memorial in Washington, D.C. honoring those who have served or are currently serving in the Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and the Merchant Marine.
Roger Allin was an American politician who was the fourth Governor of North Dakota from 1895 to 1897, and the second Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota from 1891 to 1893 serving under Governor Andrew H. Burke.
Andrew Horace Burke was an American politician who was the second Governor of North Dakota from 1891 to 1893.
The National Museum of the United States Navy, or U.S. Navy Museum for short, is the flagship museum of the United States Navy and is located in the former Breech Mechanism Shop of the old Naval Gun Factory on the grounds of the Washington Navy Yard in Washington, D.C., United States.
Atomic tourism is a recent form of tourism in which visitors learn about the Atomic Age by traveling to significant sites in atomic history such as museums with atomic weapons, missile silos, vehicles that carried atomic weapons or sites where atomic weapons were detonated.
Flaxton is a small village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. It is close to the A64 between York and Malton. The village lies entirely within a Conservation Area as defined by Planning 1990.
The Flaxton Boys is a British historical children's television series set in the West Riding of Yorkshire and covering a timespan of almost a century. The series was made by Yorkshire Television and was broadcast on ITV between 1969 and 1973, running for 4 series and 52 episodes, each of 30 minutes duration.
Arthur L. Selland was an American politician, and mayor of Fresno, California from 1958 to 1963. Selland was born on December 31, 1905 to Henrik "Henry" Augustin Alfsen Selland and Helga Marie Christine Anderson in Flaxton, North Dakota the eldest son and second of eleven children. Both parents immigrated with their families from Norway and settled in the area of the Canada–United States border in North Dakota and Minnesota. Arthur and his family moved to California around 1910 originally settling in Shasta County. On October 1, 1927, Selland married Ceclia Victoria in Jackson County, Oregon. By 1935, the Sellands moved to Fresno where Arthur worked for Bank of America in the Bank of Italy Regional Office. He would go into stock trading and become a wealthy stockbroker during the later years of the Great Depression. Selland was also involved with E Clampus Vitus as a charter member of the Jim Savage Chapter
The Richmond War Memorial is located in front of Whittaker Avenue, between the Old Town Hall and the Riverside in Richmond, London. It marks the deaths of local individuals who died fighting in World War I and World War II. The memorial was designed by the local architects Messrs Goodale and Co of Richmond and was unveiled by Field Marshal Sir William Robertson on 23 November 1921. The Mayor of Richmond and the corporation attended the ceremony.
