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Minot Public Library
The Minot Public Library is a public library in Minot, North Dakota, at the western edge of Downtown Minot. History The Minot Public Library was established in 1908 with Clara Kunst serving as the first librarian. Within the first year the library had over thirteen hundred books in its collection. The library was originally in two rooms of the Optic Block on Main Street. On March 29, 1909, a fire broke out in the work room of the Optic Block. The fire caused considerable damage in the building, estimated at the time at $2,500. In 1910, the library received a grant from Andrew Carnegie Andrew Carnegie (, ; November 25, 1835August 11, 1919) was a Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist. Carnegie led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century and became one of the richest Americans i ... for a new library building. The Minot Carnegie Library was built on the corner of Second Avenue SE and First Street SE by Carl Peter Bartleson ...
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Minot, North Dakota
Minot ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Ward County, North Dakota, United States, in the state's north-central region. It is most widely known for the Air Force base approximately north of the city. With a population of 48,377 at the 2020 census. Minot is the state's fourth-largest city and a trading center for a large part of northern North Dakota, southwestern Manitoba, and southeastern Saskatchewan. Founded in 1886 during the construction of James J. Hill's Great Northern Railway, Minot is also known as "Magic City", commemorating its remarkable growth in size over a short time. Minot is the principal city of the Minot micropolitan area, a micropolitan area that covers McHenry, Renville, and Ward counties and had a combined population of 77,546 at the 2020 census. History Minot came into existence in 1886, after the railroad laid track through the area. A tent town sprang up overnight, as if by "magic", earning its first nickname, the Magic City, and in the ...
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United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territories, nine Minor Outlying Islands, and 326 Indian reservations. The United States is also in free association with three Pacific Island sovereign states: the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau. It is the world's third-largest country by both land and total area. It shares land borders with Canada to its north and with Mexico to its south and has maritime borders with the Bahamas, Cuba, Russia, and other nations. With a population of over 333 million, it is the most populous country in the Americas and the third most populous in the world. The national capital of the United States is Washington, D.C. and its most populous city and principal financial center is New York City. Paleo-Americ ...
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Minot City Transit
Minot City Transit, is the public transit agency operated in Minot, North Dakota, It operates fixed-route bus routes in the city. A 1977 built Minot City Transit bus, constructed by the American Motors General Metropolitan and modeled after a Canadian bus, was donated to the Midwest Bus Museum in 2021. History Minot began running public transportation sometime in the 70s with buses branded as “City Bus” The original fleet consisted of a number of 1977 AM General Metropolitan buses that had a Blue, White, and Green branding. General Information Transit service Standard fixed-route transit service is provided on six routes, with three routes departing half-hourly from the central stop at Minot City Auditorium. Hours of operation are from 7:00 am to 7:00 pm. Buses operate on a flag-down system, meaning that bus will stop at any street corner when waved down by a rider. Fare Categories and Cost *Exact amount only. No change can be given. Route list Northwest - The North ...
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North Dakota
North Dakota () is a U.S. state in the Upper Midwest, named after the Native Americans in the United States, indigenous Dakota people, Dakota Sioux. North Dakota is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba to the north and by the U.S. states of Minnesota to the east, South Dakota to the south, and Montana to the west. It is believed to host the geographic center of North America, Rugby, North Dakota, Rugby, and is home to the tallest man-made structure in the Western Hemisphere, the KVLY-TV mast. North Dakota is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 19th largest state, but with a population of less than 780,000 2020 United States census, as of 2020, it is the List of U.S. states and territories by population, 4th least populous and List of U.S. states by population density, 4th most sparsely populated. The capital is Bismarck, North Dakota, Bismarck while the largest city is Fargo, North Dakota, Fargo, which accounts for nearly a fifth of the s ...
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Downtown Minot
Downtown Minot is the central business district of Minot, North Dakota, Minot, North Dakota, located south of the Souris River in the Souris Valley. Downtown is the site of the first permanent settlement in Minot in 1886. Downtown is home to many of Minot's cultural sites of interest. It is also home to numerous galleries, stores and restaurants. The Minot Riverwalk traverses the downtown. Geography Downtown Minot is located in the Souris River Valley between North Hill, Minot, North Hill and South Hill, Minot, South Hill along US Route 83#North Dakota, US Route 83. The neighborhood is roughly bound by Fifth Avenue South to the south, Fifth Street Southwest to the west, Canadian Pacific Railway, CP's railroad tracks to the north and Front Street to the east. The major streets through downtown include US 83#North Dakota, Broadway (formerly Second Street West), the Burdick Expressway (Business US US Route 2#North Dakota, 2/US Route 52#North Dakota, 52), Main Street and Central Ave ...
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Andrew Carnegie
Andrew Carnegie (, ; November 25, 1835August 11, 1919) was a Scottish-American industrialist and philanthropist. Carnegie led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century and became one of the richest Americans in history. He became a leading philanthropist in the United States, Great Britain, and the British Empire. During the last 18 years of his life, he gave away around $350 million (roughly $ billion in ), almost 90 percent of his fortune, to charities, foundations and universities. His 1889 article proclaiming " The Gospel of Wealth" called on the rich to use their wealth to improve society, expressed support for progressive taxation and an estate tax, and stimulated a wave of philanthropy. Carnegie was born in Dunfermline, Scotland, and emigrated to Pittsburgh with his parents in 1848 at age 12. Carnegie started work as a telegrapher, and by the 1860s had investments in railroads, railroad sleeping cars, bridges, and oil derricks. H ...
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Minot Carnegie Library
Minot Carnegie Library on 2nd Ave., SE, in Downtown Minot, North Dakota. It was built in 1911 and was designed by Minot architects Woodruff & McGulpin in Classical Revival style. It has also been known as Free Public Library, Carnegie Library and Minot Public Library. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. It served as the public library for Minot from 1912 until 1965, until the new Minot Public Library The Minot Public Library is a public library in Minot, North Dakota, at the western edge of Downtown Minot. History The Minot Public Library was established in 1908 with Clara Kunst serving as the first librarian. Within the first year the libr ... building was built. It was used as a library until 1965, then used as a senior center, then was vacant from 1979 until the time of NRHP listing. and References Library buildings completed in 1911 Neoclassical architecture in North Dakota Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in ...
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Mountrail County Courthouse
The Mountrail County Courthouse in Stanley, North Dakota was built in 1914 and served Mountrail County as its courthouse continuously since then. It was designed by architects Buechner & Orth in what can be termed Academic Revival architecture and/or Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals architecture. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ... in 1978; a area was included in the listing. (pages - in Buechner and Orth Courthouses in ND TR) and References Government buildings completed in 1914 Courthouses on the National Register of Historic Places in North Dakota County courthouses in North Dakota National Register of Historic Places in Mountrail County, North Dakota 1914 establishments in North Dakota ...
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Ragnvald A
Ragnvald, Rögnvald or Rognvald or Rægnald is an Old Norse name (Old Norse ''Rǫgnvaldr'', modern Icelandic ''Rögnvaldur''; in Old English ''Regenweald'' and in Old Irish, Middle Irish ''Ragnall''). Notable people with the name include: * Ragnvald Heidumhære (9th century), King of Vestfold * Rognvald Eysteinsson (fl. late 9th century), Jarl of Møre * Ragnall ua Ímair (died 921), King of York * Ragnall Guthfrithson, co-King of York, 943-44 * Ragnall mac Gofraid (died 1004/1005), King of the Isles * Rogvolod (mid-10th century), Prince of Polotsk * Ragnvald Ingvarsson (10th century), officer of the Varangian Guard * Ragnvald Ulfsson the Old, jarl of Vastergotland and possibly father of King Stenkil of Sweden * Rognvald Brusason (died c. 1046), Jarl of Orkney * Ragnvald Ingesson (late 11th century), only known son and heir of King Inge I of Sweden * Ragnvald Knaphövde (early 12th century), King of Sweden * Rögnvald Kali Kolsson (12th century), Norwegian saint and jarl of part of ...
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Public Libraries In North Dakota
In public relations and communication science, publics are groups of individual people, and the public (a.k.a. the general public) is the totality of such groupings. This is a different concept to the sociological concept of the ''Öffentlichkeit'' or public sphere. The concept of a public has also been defined in political science, psychology, marketing, and advertising. In public relations and communication science, it is one of the more ambiguous concepts in the field. Although it has definitions in the theory of the field that have been formulated from the early 20th century onwards, and suffered more recent years from being blurred, as a result of conflation of the idea of a public with the notions of audience, market segment, community, constituency, and stakeholder. Etymology and definitions The name "public" originates with the Latin ''publicus'' (also '' poplicus''), from ''populus'', to the English word 'populace', and in general denotes some mass population ("the ...
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Buildings And Structures In Minot, North Dakota
A building, or edifice, is an enclosed structure with a roof and walls standing more or less permanently in one place, such as a house or factory (although there's also portable buildings). Buildings come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and functions, and have been adapted throughout history for a wide number of factors, from building materials available, to weather conditions, land prices, ground conditions, specific uses, prestige, and aesthetic reasons. To better understand the term ''building'' compare the list of nonbuilding structures. Buildings serve several societal needs – primarily as shelter from weather, security, living space, privacy, to store belongings, and to comfortably live and work. A building as a shelter represents a physical division of the human habitat (a place of comfort and safety) and the ''outside'' (a place that at times may be harsh and harmful). Ever since the first cave paintings, buildings have also become objects or canvasses of much artistic ...
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