The construction of the silos and launch control centers from Interstate 94 to the Canadian border began in 1964. Although all the other below-ground facilities have been filled in and concreted, originally the missile field in North Dakota equaled the size of New Jersey in square miles. "We're going to operate them as a state historic site."Īt a meeting of Historical Society personnel, retired missileers, legislators, media and Cooperstown's Friends of Oscar 0 Tuesday, Paaverud said he grew up in the middle of the missile field and believes this piece of history should be preserved. 31," said Merlan Paaverud, Historical Society director. "We officially acquired the two sites Dec. The sites are designated as Oscar 0 (Oscar Zero) and November-33 and are located near Cooperstown. That's when the State Historical Society began lobbying to save one launch center and a missile silo as an historic site. Ten years ago, the last of the 321st Missile Wing "missileers" left their names and the dates of their departure on the walls of the pods in the 15 launch control centers. COOPERSTOWN - The days of the Minuteman missile system are over and the 150 silos sunk deep into the earth in northeastern North Dakota holding ICBM nuclear warhead missiles are now just a memory of the Cold War.Īnd it's the memory inherent in the missile system the State Historical Society of North Dakota wants to preserve.
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