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Williston, city (1990 pop. 13,131), seat of Williams co., NW N.Dak., on the Missouri River; inc. 1904. An early riverboating town, its importance increased with the arrival of the Great Northern Railway (1887) and later by the discovery (1951) of rich oil reserves in the Williston Basin. It is the trade, processing, and shipping center of a spring-wheat and livestock region, with an oil refinery, stockyards, grain elevators, and dairy-processing plants. Huge reserves of lignite, as well as natural gas and salt are in the area. Of interest are a frontier museum and nearby Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site and Fort Buford State Historic Site. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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a New England-based commercial mortgage brokerage firm headquartered in Williston, Vermont, has become an originating correspondent for Chicago-based Cambridge Realty Capital Companies. She was a member of the faculty of the University of North Dakota at Williston for sixteen years and received the Sioux Award, the highest alumni and foundation award, from the University in 1994. That's good news, says Steven Arms, founder of MicroStrain in Williston, Vt. |
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