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Gopher control in 1901 | Jamestown Sun

The little critters were and are a problem for farmers and ranchers. The burrows damaged the lands and the little animals could eat up their weight in pasture grass and grain. Farmers of all eras have lived on too close a margin to share the production of the land with others even if they are cute little ground squirrels. One of the first efforts in gopher control was a bounty system. I can still remember cashing in an old can full of gopher tails for money from the township back in Dickey County in the 1960s and 1970s. Evidently, this system was not without problems even in 1901.

North Dakota boom towns…

North Dakota boom towns… Marvin Baker It’s obvious that in the last decade, Williston, Watford City, New Town and Stanley have been boom towns because of all the oil activities that was going on there. Williston grew so fast that the population ballooned to 38,000 and the economy almost caught Fargo’s, with its population of 120,000. Likewise with Watford City. The population there went from 1,300 in 2000, to about 8,000 by 2015. There were people all over, Dollar General stores were popping up and local law enforcement had to hire lots of cops because there were some bad hombres in Watford City during the boom.

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