North Dakota
North Dakota Stockmen’s Association moves to new building
BISMARCK, N.D. (KFYR) – Some organizations outgrow their original buildings. One of those is the North Dakota Stockmen’s Association, which has moved to a new location.
The old building was used for 50 years, but the organization needed more space.
North Dakota Stockmen’s Association is the largest ranching organization in the state with more than 3,000 members.
The new building has a larger boardroom and parking lot to accommodate large vehicles and trailers.
Since 2015, the association has been looking for property to build on.
The new building cost around $3 million. The Stockmen’s Association, the Stockmen’s Foundation, member donations and the sale of their existing location were used for funding.
“The biggest difference between our previous location and our new location is the incorporation of the board room. While we had a small conference room at our old location, it wasn’t large enough to hold our board. All of our board functions and many of our meetings had to be taken off-site,” said Julie Ellingson, executive vice president of the North Dakota Stockmen’s Association.
She said she’s excited to keep meetings at their building and use it for ag-related partnerships.
The new building is located at 4520 Ottawa Street.
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MINOT, N.D. (KMOT) – One of the highlights of every North Dakota State Fair is the Fur Traders Rendezvous.
A familiar face returned this year, along with a canoe he made at the fair several years ago.
The rendezvous brings fairgoers back to the time of the fur traders.
Those who take part in the rendezvous live, and even sleep, on the grounds for the duration of the fair.
Jeremy Duckwitz, who is referred to as the ‘brain tanner,’ said he carved a canoe out of a giant log back in 2016.
He said it took him all nine days of the fair, working eight hours a day to carve it.
He brought the canoe back to the fair this year to seal the cracks with his team and have it on display.
“This year I got around to sealing all the cracks with beeswax. There was a larger crack we sealed with pine pitch and wood shavings, and then the rest of it’s all linseed oil so it’s all ready to float down the Missouri River,” said Duckwitz.
Duckwitz said he plans on taking the canoe out on the river in the coming weeks.
The rendezvous is across from the state fair center on the north end of the grounds.
They’ll be open through Saturday.
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