Here you will view a site that shows an insect that has played
an important role in the history of western North Dakota.
During a time in our history, this insect nearly caused the ruin
of many a farmer, due to its eating of the crops and vegetation.
The grasshopper forced the farmer to find alternative crops,
but more importantly it challenged his patience and integrity
making him a better farmer.
We wanted you the viewer to experience this insect, and
I am
sure if you look around you will find one or two of the small
insects
in the grass.
This site has a number of grasshoppers in a wheat field setting.
The largest hopper is 40 feet tall and 50 feet long. It is made
out of pieces of metal cut out and put together to form the hopper.
Along with the large hopper there are two medium sized hoppers
measuring 12 feet by 15 feet in size. There are also three small
hoppers.
The hoppers took four oil field tanks that were taken apart and
the metal was then used for the structures. It took one winter
of work to complete this project, and another season to finish
the site work.
Each site was then sandblasted to remove the rust, then primed
and then painted according to their original colorings.
