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JAMESTOWN, N.D. (NewsDakota.com) – The Jamestown “Walk of Fame” has added to it’s line of historical and important figures who called the Buffalo City home.

The installation of the project took place during the road diet in 2021. It’s purpose was to bring attention to Jamestown most notable figures. Jamestown Tourism with assistance from the Jamestown Downtown Association and City of Jamestown, a running list was created of those who were worthy of being added.

Recently, the late Larry Woiwode was commemorated in the newest addition to the walk. Located in front of Eddy Funeral Home, the paver pays tribute to North Dakota’s Poet Laurette, who passed away April 28, 2022.

Woiwode sold millions of novels and had his works published in The New Yorker, Esquire, The Atlantic Monthly, Harpers, Gentleman’s Quarterly, The Partisan Review and The Paris Review. He received North Dakota’s highest honor, the Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award, in 1992. In 1995, he was named the state’s Poet Laureate. Woiwode also taught at the University of Jamestown.

Some other mentionable names included in the paved project include Louis L’Amour, Anne Carlsen, Anton Klaus, Elizabeth White, Alfred Dickey and more.