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You can go home again: Some return to North Dakota oil boom town

Before oil tanker trucks rumbled down the roads at all hours, this town was so quiet that Erin White rode her horse to a deserted Main Street one night. Back then, this was a dusty hamlet with few prospects for a future.

Like many teens, White considered her high school diploma a one-way ticket out of town. She didn’t expect to be back. After college, she and her husband, Lange, settled in the grasslands of eastern Colorado. But when his temporary stint as an airplane mechanic ended, he needed work. White’s parents piped up: There are lots of jobs at home. It would be a good time to get in on the oil bonanza.

Sharon Cohen

Full story: http://www.greatfallstribune.com/story/news/local/2015/03/22/can-go-home-return-nd-oil-boom-town/25174325/

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