Article: Lisbon. (North Dakota) (Going Home: Special Report)

LISBON Lisbon is still the pretty little Sheyenne River Valley town I recall from half a century ago. The population has barely grown, to 2,200, and it remains, as everyone says, "a great place to raise kids." Few lock their doors when they leave home or take the keys from the ignition or the rifles from the racks when they park their pickups. Chief Harlan Wilke, head of the town's two-man police force, has to think a bit to recall the last serious crime. "In 1986, someone broke into the Coast-to-Coast store," he finally says. Hardworking descendants of Norwegian immigrant homesteaders sometimes still exclaim "uff-da!" ("my goodness!") and celebrate their heritage with ...

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