rica," wereel ame travel back to the early 1960's, when oil was first discovered in north dakota. "american frontier," funded by the american petroleum oilituteto promote the exploration of the land for farmers. ♪

rica," wereel ame travel back to the early 1960's, when oil was first discovered in north dakota. "american frontier," funded by the american petroleum oilitute, to promote the exploration of the land for farmers. ♪ >> the wind blows west from the great lakes. it seems like a wild bird across the northern states. coming at last to this place, this sweep of america. 10,000 square miles of prairie across montana and dakota. they call it the williston basin. not so long ago this little closely, if you listen you will hear the old ghost echo of covered wagons. the phantom shadows of pioneers, fighting for their lives against the wilderness. lean men, hard as hickory, lonely women wearing their dreams like a bit of bright calico. they began with nothing. with their hands and a bucket of hope, breaking the land with freedom's plow, planting towns with the names of americans like a banjo tune. fargo, beaver lodge, lincoln valley, williston. >> i'm a wheat farmer and a schoolteacher. and raised here, east of montana along the canadian line. williams county, north dakota. if i were somewhere at the end of the earth and thinking of home, the thing that