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November 29, 2006 By: Betty Ramsey, LEOASC/BETT R Passport Destination: Montana and The Dakotas Packing Round 1. This city is the capital of South Dakota. PIERRE 2. Montana is nicknamed the TREASURE State. 3 North Dakota's official state tree is the AMERICAN ELM . 4. The Dakotas are home to an area of spectacular cliffs, buttes and valleys known as the BADLANDS . 5. All of these cities are in Montana except RAPID CITY . 6. Which of these celebrities is from North Dakota? PHIL JACKSON Picture: large turtle Departure Round 1. The official state dessert of South Dakota is KUCHEN . 2. Incumbent Republican MIKE ROUNDS easily won his second term as governor of South Dakota. 3. All of these movies are at least partly set in beautiful Montana except NORTHSTAR . 4. This North Dakota city is billed as the geographical center of North America. RUGBY 5. The TERRY PEAK Ski Resort in South Dakota`s Black Hills sits at an elevation of 7,100 feet. Picture: Mt. Rushmore On Tour 1. The Battle of Little Big Horn pitted the U.S. Cavalry against Sioux, Arapaho and CHEYENNE tribes. 2. "Bonangaville" in West Fargo, North Dakota, is best known as a/an MUSEUM . 3. This building in North Dakota has been dubbed "Skyscraper of the Prairie." STATE CAPITAL 4. Montana's Glacier National Park connects with this Canadian park. WATERTON LAKE 5. South Dakota`s JEWEL Cave National Monument is said to be the world`s third longest cave. 6. This lake is the largest natural body of water in North Dakota. DEVILS LAKE 7. This metallic element made Butte, Montana, "The richest hill on earth." COPPER Picture: garden with trees and tall building 8. North Dakota's Theodore Roosevelt National Park is where you can see the ELKHORN Ranch. 9. Wild Bill Hickock was shot while playing cards in this South Dakota town. DEADWOOD 10. This gold rush town was the territorial capital of Montana from 1865-76. VIRGINIA CITY 11. The National Buffalo Museum in Jamestown, North Dakota is home to an albino bison named WHITE CLOUD . 12. Mitchell, South Dakota, is home to the CORN Palace that highlights the areas agriculture. Bonus Question One A statue of the goddess of LIBERTY tops Montana's state capital building in Helena. Bonus Question Two Where on the map of Montana is Helena found? Area 4 Picture: dry hills and valleys Slide Show 1. Bottineau, North Dakota, is home to TOMMY billed as the world`s largest turtle. 2. This sculptor devoted 14 years of his life to Mt. Rushmore, his crowning achievement. GUTZON BORGLUM 3. The International Peace Garden tower straddles North Dakota and this Canadian Province. MANITOBA 4. The eerie "moonscape" of South Dakota`s Bandlands is an hours drive from this city. RAPID CITY Clues for next destination: Southwest Pacific Ocean Port Moresby Honiara Kundu |