'I'd give it all back if i could'

'I'd give it all back if i could'

In North Dakota, the gritty side of an oil boom
Published Jul 19, 2012 at 9:00 am (Updated Jul 19, 2012)


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(From The Washington Post) Donny Nelson is the epitome of old-time North Dakota. A lean, sharp-featured man sporting a thick goatee, jeans and dirty boots, Nelson is the grandson of homesteaders. Over the past century his family has collected 8,000 acres of prime cattle grazing acreage and cropland.

But now Nelson has some unwanted company: Oil prospectors.

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