[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 93 (Monday, June 21, 2010)]
[Senate]
[Page S5200]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        PETTIBONE, NORTH DAKOTA

 Mr. CONRAD. Mr. President, I am pleased to recognize a 
community in North Dakota that will be celebrating its 100th 
anniversary. On July 3-4, the residents of Pettibone will gather to 
celebrate their community's history and founding.
  Pettibone began as a Northern Pacific Railroad station, and was 
founded in 1910 by Lee C. Pettibone, who named the growing community 
after himself. The post office was established on September 1 of that 
year. Pettibone is the home of the late William Hurley, a successful 
civil rights lawyer who won the first monetary settlement against the 
Ku Klux Klan in the 1960s.
  Today, Pettibone is a town of about 75 people located in the 
northeastern part of Kidder County. It contains several different 
businesses including a Cenex, a grocery store, two bars, a cafe, and a 
post office. With its gently rolling hills, German-Russian, 
Scandinavian, and Dutch immigrants found the land suitable to 
cultivating large fields of the crops they knew how to farm. Today, 
their descendants grow wheat, barley, oats, potatoes, flax, and beans--
all crops that continue to be important to our country's agricultural 
industry.
  The 100th anniversary festivities will include a parade, a carnival, 
a magician, fireworks display, demolition derby, and other celebratory 
events.
  I ask the U.S. Senate to join me in congratulating Pettibone, ND, and 
its residents on their first 100 years and in wishing them well in the 
future. By honoring Pettibone and all the other historic small towns of 
North Dakota, we keep the great pioneering frontier spirit alive for 
future generations. It is places such as Pettibone that have helped to 
shape this country into what it is today, which is why this fine 
community is deserving of our recognition.
  Pettibone has a proud past and a bright future.

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