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Before the Garrison Dam was built, the Missouri was a wily river. Its greedy undercurrents had proven treacherous on several occasions. On this date in 1955, painter Donald Ryland of New Town was working 135 feet above the river on the Four Bears Bridge when he lost his balance reaching for a paint stick. He managed to grab a steel beam, but before others could reach him, he lost his grip and fell into the rising reservoir.

Wednesday, July 27, 2022 - Fictional spy Jason Bourne is back with new threats on his life. We visit with author Brian Freeman about The Bourne Sacrifice. ~~~ NDSU history professor has this week’s Plains Folk essay, “Just the Place for Me.” ~~~ We share an excerpt from this Sunday’s Prairie Public Presents, which features writer Jill Kandel, author of “The Clean Daughter,” a book chosen earlier this year for the “One Book One North Dakota” series.

On this date in 1976, Eldon Joersz of Hazen, North Dakota, broke the all-time speed record for manned airbreathing jet engine aircraft, flying SR-71 Blackbird, Lockheed’s High Altitude Surveillance Jet.

The tiny town of Antler is situated two miles south of the Canadian border. Named for nearby Antler Creek, it was first platted in 1905. A school was built two years later, and by 1910 the town had 342 residents.

Thursday, July 14, 2022 - If you missed the Everly Brothers Experience when they came to North Dakota earlier this year, there are other chances coming up as the Zmed brothers’ show comes to Pelican Rapids in Minnesota and Billings in Montana. Dylan & Zachary join us to discuss the art, and the challenge, of creating a tribute show worthy of the Everly Brothers, one of the first 10 inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. ~~~ There aren’t any definite numbers about how many farmers belong to the LGBTQ community in the U-S. But many are making a point to be visible in their rural communities. Catherine Wheeler has this report for Harvest Public Media. ~~~ Sue Balcom is here for Main Street Eats, talking today about hoeing the garden.

The Star Wars franchise has been a pop culture phenomenon since it debuted in 1977. On this date that year, the Dakota Twin Theatres in Bismarck offered showings of “Star Wars” at 7 and 9:20pm. Ads in the Bismarck Tribune noted that the “cosmic adventure” was in its “6th big week!”

Now in the fields I’ve put the seed / And, Lord, I’ve done my best indeed / Look now with kindness, Father dear / To all the little kernels here!

Sue Balcom is here for Main Street Eats, talking today about hoeing the garden.

Tuesday, August 2, 2022 - Tim Giago, the Lakota journalist, author, publisher, veteran, entrepreneur and activist passed away last week. He was 88. He left quite a legacy, an inspiration for Indigenous journalists. Alicia Hegland-Thorpe shares a remembrance. ~~~ We also share a profile of Lydia Sage Chase of the MHA Nation, and a 2021 inductee into the North Dakota Native American Hall of Honor. ~~~ We’re in the middle of the growing season, time to check in with horticulturist Ron Smith. ~~~ TellTale, Dakota Folklife and Stories is a collection of oral histories with senior citizens. Today, we share an episode about polio.

On this date, in 1920, a newspaper advertisement touted the virtues of Huiskamp’s “Barn Yard Shoe” and Huiskamp’s Barnyard Shoe Oil. These work-shoes, according to a 1913 advertisement in Valley City, were manure-proof and ammonia proof; guaranteed “not to rot or crack-through from barnyard service.”