CONTRIBUTOR'S VIEW - Bill King: We Made it to North Dakota

CONTRIBUTOR'S VIEW - Bill King: We Made it to North Dakota

Almost 221 years ago, in 1804, Lewis and Clark headed west under the commission of President Thomas Jefferson, to see what we had bought in the Louisiana Purchase. In the fall of that year, the explorers had made their way westward to what would eventually become North Dakota. As they stood on the banks of the Missouri River, they decided to build a fort there where they would shelter for the harsh winter. They cut down cottonwood trees and buil…