GLEN ULLIN, N.D. — Sarah White doesn’t even like coffee.

Despite hailing from the Pacific Northwest, she had never even worked in a coffee shop, although she once tried — unsuccessfully — to land a barista job at Starbucks.

Yet here she is, grinding beans, frothing milk and serving up picture-perfect lattes from the coffee shop she owns, the Rancher’s Rest, in the heart of Glen Ullin.

The decor is what you’d expect from a place with such a name: a red-and-white barn door on the restroom, cute art of smiling farm animals intermingled with signs about faith and prayer, a back wall decorated with planks of 100-year-old barn wood.

The place is buzzing with caffeine and conversation, as friends and neighbors sip coffee, reminisce and share news.

Meanwhile, a steady stream of customers stop

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