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Zap, North Dakota
Zap is a city in Mercer County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 237 at the 2010 census.
Zap was founded in 1913 along a branch line of the Northern Pacific Railway that began in Mandan. The exact origin of the name is uncertain, though there are numerous unconfirmed explanations.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.wrtc.com/zapnd/history.htm )〕 Zap has been noted for its unusual place name.
==The "Zip to Zap"==
(詳細はZip to Zap'' which happened on May 10, 1969. This event took place at the height of civil unrest over racial segregation and the Vietnam War, but was originally intended as a spring break diversion. Between 2000 and 3000 people descended upon the small town of Zap before the event even began as a result of an article by Kevin Carvell that originally appeared in the North Dakota State University's ''Spectrum'' newspaper and was later picked up by the Associated Press. Busloads and chartered planes of people arrived from all parts of the country.
The amiable revelry began early with an all-night party in the streets outside an overwhelmed small bar. When the mayor finally exited the bar in the middle of the night and discovered a bonfire on main street and realized the size of the crowd in his tiny town, he panicked and called the governor, William Guy. At dawn, marching in formation and armed with bayonets placed, the National Guard invaded the town and forced the crowd to leave Zap. The event moved to several other towns before the Governor announced that a park in Bismarck would host the crowd. The then-popular rock station, KFYR, and their disc jockeys were in communication with event organizers and falsely reported where the crowd had gone before they arrived, effectively directing all the listeners on which small town and park to proceed to next. In one village, locals cleaned out the Farmers Union of every implement handle in order to patrol their town against the wave of invading hippies and cowboys.
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