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| | Moving to North Dakota |
 | | Since the 1930s, the time of the Dust Bowl in the United States, prevention of soil erosion has been of special concern in the state. |
 | | Permanent white settlement had started in 1812, when a group of Scottish and Irish settlers under the sponsorship of Thomas Douglas, 5th earl of Selkirk, left Winnipeg in what is now Canada to start a colony at Pembina. |
 | | Two of the most enduring features of the early NPL, however, were the creation in 1919 of the state-owned Bank of North Dakota, which helped farmers borrow money for improvements, and a state-owned and operated grain mill and elevator. |
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