North Dakota

• Admitted to statehood: November 2, 1889
• Origin of name: Sioux for friend or ally.
• Capital: Bismark
• Nickname: "Sioux State"
• Motto: "Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One and Inseparable"
• Grass: Western Wheat Grass
• Bird: Western Meadowlark
• Flower: Wild Prairie Rose
• Song: "North Dakota Hymn"
• Stone: Teredo Petrified Wood
• Tree: American Elm
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