Sarah Walker

10/18/2013: As the Spanish Flu swept across the country in 1918, no one was left unaffected. It wasn't just the infection and possible death of a family member or a friend – each community felt the risk, and the consequences.

9/19/2013: In 1934, a great drought beat down about the Great Plains region. Intense heat and no rain created an almost unbearable environment.

9/12/2013: In 1871, the spot that would someday become Dickinson started off as a Northern Pacific Railroad survey site. Nine years later, the railroad finally arrived and the site was named Pleasant Valley Siding. The next year, it was renamed for Wells Stoughton Dickinson, a land agent and politician from New York. Dickinson's brother, Horace, lived in the area and watched over the town as his brother's namesake developed and flourished. A post office was established, and Dickinson next became the county seat, and then in 1900 officially became a city.

9/5/2013: Ed and Dorothea Canfield were a husband and wife team famous for their flying careers.

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7/28/2013: If you were listening yesterday, you heard about a townsite called Energy that was …for lack of better words…getting re-energized on this date in 1910. It had been platted before, in 1885, without success.

7/27/2013: On this date in 1910, a townsite with an unusual name was in the works. Located approximately 14 miles west of Underwood along the banks of the Missouri, it was not the first time the land was examined.

5/16/2013: On this date in 1934, people were talking about a family in McKenzie County that had a chance encounter with some bandits, and earned themselves a bit of good advice.

5/14/2013: Mycobacterium tuberculosis, or TB, was once the leading cause of death in the United States, and it still causes death today. The germs, spread from person to person through the air, usually affect the lungs, but TB can also affect other parts of the body, such as the brain, the kidneys, or the spine.

4/28/2013: On this date in 1907, residents of North Dakota were talking about the recent activities of a renowned outlaw. You may or may not have heard of Alexander Carron, but the Harvey Herald reported that he had “far surpassed the record of Jesse James or any other criminal of modern times.”