DUNSEITH, N.D. - International Music Camp founder Merton Utgaard will receive North Dakota's highest honor, the Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award. .
Originally from Maddock, Merton Utgaard established the International Music Camp at the International Peace Garden in 1956 as a way to bring music education to his home state during the summer. The camp started with about 100 students in its first year, but it grew rapidly as students from around the world flocked to the North Dakota-Manitoba border.