The article explores the little-known Jewish history in remote North Dakota, focusing on a small graveyard of Jewish homesteaders who settled in the region in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

The Industrial Removal Office (IRO) was established in 1901 by German American Jewish leaders to relocate unemployed eastern European Jewish immigrants from New York City to smaller American cities with Jewish communities and job opportunities, aiming to alleviate problems in NYC and prevent radical movements.