Welcome to North Dakota! (Continued below)
Nicknames & Slogans | |||
Nicknames | The Peace Garden State, Flickertail State, Roughrider State, Sioux State, Land of the Dakotas | 1957 | |
Symbols of State | |||
Motto | Liberty and Union Now and Forever, One and Inseparable | > | |
Latin Motto | Serit ut alteri saeclo prosit | 2011 | > |
Song | North Dakota Hymn | 1947 | > |
EcoSymbols | |||
Flower | wild prairie rose (Rosa arkansana) | 1907 | > |
Tree | American elm (Ulmus americana) | 1947 | > |
Grass | western wheatgrass (Pascopyrum smithii) | 1977 | > |
Fruit | chokecherry (Prunus virginiana) | 2007 | > |
Bird | western meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) | 1947 | > |
Honorary State Equine | Nokota Horse (Equus caballus) | 1993 | > |
Fish | northern pike (Esox lucius) | 1969 | > |
Insect | convergent lady beetle (Hippodamia convergens) | 2011 | > |
Fossil † | teredo petrified wood (Plantae) | 1967 | > |
Soil | Williams (unofficial) ![]() |
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Cultural Symbols | |||
Railroad Museum | Mandan Railroad Museum | 1989 | > |
Beverage | milk ![]() |
1983 | > |
Dance | square dance ![]() |
1995 | > |
March | Flickertail March | 1975 | > |
Art Museum | The North Dakota Museum of Art (on the North Dakota University Campus at Grand Forks) | 1981 | > |
Language | English ![]() |
1987 | > |
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