Labels:book | reckoner | sky OCR: NORTH DAKOTA North. Dakota a challengi ng climate with long cold winters pue short hot summer that bring little mois sture to suppor crops But after rail Iroads first reached North Dakota the 1870s settlers rushed into the terri itoru eager to farm the prairie des pite the severe weather Through trial and error North Dakotans developed methods of cultivation suit ted for the dry climate and shori growing season. Today, North Dakota produces more wheat than any other state except Kansas Among the Indians early settlers encountered in North Dakota were the Sioux who not want to give up their lands Settlement west and north of the Missouri River was hindered by the Sioux until 1881 when Sitting Bu11 brave Sioux leader surrendered to the United States Two different plains regions with differen ...