Page:1959 North Dakota Session Laws.pdf/912

912 Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of North Dakota, the House of Representatives Concurring Therein:

That the state board of public school education and the state board of higher education be urged to examine the curricula and standards of accomplishment of the schools of this state, with special emphasis on strengthening the teaching of science, mathematics and languages.

Be It Further Resolved, that copies of this resolution be furnished to the state board of public school education and the state board of higher education.

Filed March 2, 1959.

SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION "I"

(Garaas and Wenstrom)

NATIONAL PARK AT CONFLUENCE OF YELLOWSTONE AND MISSOURI RIVERS

A concurrent resolution memorializing the Congress to establish as a national park a suitable area of land lying at the confluence of the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers in northwestern North Dakota and northeastern Montana to include the sites of Fort Buford, Fort Union, and Mondak, and to preserve and develop this area of national historical significance as a historical memorial.

WHEREAS, the area at the confluence of the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers in northwestern North Dakota and northeastern Montana played a large and significant part in the opening of the Pacific Northwest; and

WHEREAS, the area at the confluence of the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers was known to the governments of Spain, France and England before the 19th Century; and

WHEREAS, the area at the confluence of said rivers was a highlight in the exploration trip of Lewis and Clark and was by them designated as the place of rendezvous in the year 1806; and

WHEREAS, a trading post was established at the confluence of the Yellowstone and Missouri Rivers in the year 1822 by the Rocky lountain Fur Company, with the support of William Ashley, later a United States Senator, Andrew Henry, Mike Fink, Jim Bridger and other early explorers; which trading post in the year 1828-1829 after acquisition by the American Fur Company, was developed by Kenneth McKenzie