Until recently a sleepy community, the city of Williston, ND has exploded thanks to the fracking boom. Photographer Valery Lyman joins the new arrivals as they pour into Williston’s man camps, strip clubs, casinos and Walmarts
Williston: how does a city cope with a modern day gold rush?
Accents from every state in the union can be heard as workers pour off the train each day in Williston, North Dakota, ready to try their luck as the welders, truck drivers, plumbers, oil rig roughnecks, frackers, water carriers and road crews required to support the booming fracking industry but also as plumbers, lawyers, cooks, accountants and everything else it takes to build a rapidly burgeoning city.