Williston was once a sleepy town tucked away in the western part of North Dakota. Thanks to an abundance of natural resources, it became the epicenter of the Midwestern oil boom. Williston and the surrounding areas offered Americans workers a real shot at the American dream, where people with a high school diploma could make six figure salaries with the proper training and a commitment to work hard. In a recent blog post published by Bakken Backers, Shawn Wenko, executive director of Williston Economic Development expressed confidence that those days would be back.