Link here.
I posted a note on this back on November 24, 2011.
I don't think the Belle Fourche paper quantifies it, but I was told "they" were seeing 1,000 vehicles a day go through Belle Fourche. I would assume that before the boom, during the non-tourist season, one could count the number of vehicles coming from Texas going to North Dakota on one hand. 1,000 vehicles. Now. Per day. Incredible.
And again, they need motels, restaurants, truck stops, and mechanics.
The Bakken is the little engine driving a fairly significant portion of the economy.
