The RED RIVER VALLEY
Local Section
covers eastern North Dakota and
north-western Minnesota. The Bois de Sioux and the
Wild Rice rivers come together just south of Fargo to originate the
Red River {of the North}. The river constitutes the North
Dakota-Minnesota border and flows north
into Manitoba, through Winnipeg, ending at Lake Winnipeg.
The Red River Valley is
principally flat, extremely fertile farmland. Crops grown
are high-value, short growing season crops such as sugar beets,
durum wheat (exported to Italy for pasta), potatoes, and sunflowers.
The soil is truely black; it competes well with the richest soils
in the world, e.g., in Idaho and the Ukraine.
Two Graduate institutions and several
excellent public and private Colleges and universities reside within or
near the boundaries of the Local Section. | 
