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9 unusual facts about Minot


Alameda Dam

It provides flood protection and irrigation for this area of Saskatchewan, along with protection for Minot, North Dakota.

American Herro

The documentary covers Herro's early childhood as a Kurdish-Muslim refugee from Iraq as she fled with her family from Iraqi Kurdistan while under Saddam Hussein's regime to Minot, North Dakota, as well as her academic success and successful career as a diplomat stationed in Bosnia, Turkey, Iraq, and elsewhere.

I-94 derecho

Williston and Minot reported winds up to 70 mph (110 km/h).

Joseph Gilbert Totten

One of Totten's most significant achievements was the design and construction of the Minot's Ledge Light near Cohasset, Massachusetts.

Minot's Ledge Light

Plans for a new stone edifice were meanwhile drawn up for the Lighthouse Board by Brigadier General Joseph G. Totten; model makers built the proposed new structure in miniature; the same location was decided upon; and Barton S. Alexander, of the United States Engineers, started work on its construction in April 1855.

Minots Ledge

It is the site of the Minot's Ledge Light which is considered one of the most significant American engineering achievements of the 19th Century.

Morris George Cornell Vaagenes

Bonnie Kay Bieri was born in Minot Minot, North Dakota, North Dakota, in 1934 to Fred and Agnes Bieri.

National Whistleblowers Center

In 1999, former FBI special agent Jane Turner brought to the attention of her management team serious misconduct concerning failures to investigate and prosecute crimes against children in Indian Country and in the Minot, North Dakota community.

North Hill

North Hill, Minot, a neighborhood in Minot, North Dakota, United States


Kevin Graber

That season, the Stars lost in the Prairie League Championship Series to the Minot Mallards, despite a roster that included former major leaguers Greg Olson and Juan Berenguer.

KMXA

KMXA-FM, a radio station (99.9 FM) licensed to Minot, North Dakota, United States

KNDX

Prior to KNDX/KXND's inception, cable television subscribers in Bismarck and Minot received now-defunct Foxnet on cable for Fox programming, while areas east of Bismarck received Fox from KJRR in Jamestown.

KSAF

KSAF-LP, a radio station (104.1 FM) licensed to Minot, North Dakota, United States

KXMC-TV

On June 23, 2011, Shaun Sipma received a phone call from Minot native, Josh Duhamel who was in Moscow, Russia at the time to pledge his support when his hometown got flooded during KXMC's 24 hour flood coverage.

Lawson Tower

The tower is listed as both an American Water Landmark and to the National Register of Historic Places - has become a popular touring site, featuring sweeping views of the South Shore, Old Scituate Light, Minot's Ledge Light and the nearby First Trinitarian Congregational Church.

Maine State Route 121

However, signage indicates the end of the route to be at the intersection of Minot Avenue and Washington Street, which carries U.S. Route 202, Route 4, and Route 100.

Mandak League

It featured such greats as Willie Wells, Leon Day, Ray Dandridge, and Satchel Paige who pitched briefly for the Minot Mallards in 1950.

Rebecca Minot Prescott

She was the daughter of Benjamin and Rebecca Minot Prescott from Salem, Massachusetts; the niece of Roger Sherman’s brother Rev. Josiah Sherman and the second cousin once removed of Colonel William Prescott.

Susan Minot

Minot has also co-authored two screenplays that have been made into films: Stealing Beauty (1996) with Bernardo Bertolucci, and Evening (based on her novel of the same name, 2007), written with Michael Cunningham.


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