This story is part of a series of travel-based dispatches from rural America. Click here to see other articles included in the series. WATFORD CITY – A decade ago, Watford City—a community of 6,000 in McKenzie County near North Dakota’s Badlands—was undergoing unsustainable growth thanks to the region’s booming oil industry. In the aftermath of the Great Recession, the growth saw droves of new residents arrive hoping to stake their claim to the money flowing through the region. Comm...
