BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - A small town bar in central North Dakota is laying claim as the center of North America.
Hanson's Bar in Robinson now is now touting its continental bull's-eye status after snatching the title from Rugby that allowed its trademark to lapse.
Former Rugby Mayor Dale Niewoehner says people in his city are upset.Niewoehner says the city found out this week that it has lost its trademark phrase "Geographical Center of North America" to the bar in Robinson.
Robinson Mayor Bill Bender says bar patrons always have been suspect of Rugby's claim. He says Rugby's trademark expired about 20 years ago and bar patrons raised $350 and sent it off to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office to buy the trademark.