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In 1917, laws governing what could happen on Sundays, the Blue laws, seemed to be on the brink of change in North Dakota, but many of those bills failed, including a bill allowing shooting and hunting on Sundays.

In 1889, Louis Peterson opened the Pacific Hotel in Bismarck. He named it in honor of the Northern Pacific Railroad. Only three years later, Peterson died.Henry Tatley acquired the hotel when he married Peterson’s widow in 1897. The original hotel was a wooden building, but in 1906, Tatley added a brick structure at the corner of Fourth Street and Broadway at a cost of $60,000, the equivalent of nearly two million dollars today.

October is American Archives Month, where archives around the country celebrate the records in their holdings and recognize the archivists who assess, collect, organize, preserve, and provide access to information of lasting value. The North Dakota State Archives is part of the State Historical Society of North Dakota.

On this date, in 1924, the Fargo Forum carried a story about Joseph Jarvino, a young man with a criminal record that started with frequent visits to the Northern Pacific station in Moorhead. Jarvino was a bell boy at a Fargo hotel, and during his noon hours, he would drop by the Moorhead Depot and lift small amounts of money from the till. After a while, a watch was posted over the Depot, and one day, he got caught in the act.

In the middle of the night on February 15, 1898 the battleship USS Maine exploded in Havana Harbor. Americans immediately blamed Spain. Although Americans were shocked and angered, war was slow to follow. Spain declared war on the United States on April 24. The United States responded by declaring war on Spain the following day.

Wednesday, October 6, 2021 - On Thursday, the television service of Prairie Public will begin a new TV musical travelogue called “Wish You Were Here.” It’s a concert series that features locations in the Dakotas. Moderating the show is our guest today, Eliza Blue, who is known to Main Street listeners for her monthly Postcards from the Prairie. ~~~ Eric Dregni is the author of “For the Love of Cod -- A Father and Sons Search for Norwegian happiness.” He’ll be at the Sons of Norway lodge in Fargo on Friday, so we thought this would be a good time to re-air our conversation with him from earlier this year.

Root Seller Sue shares tips on which seeds to save, and how to save them.

Jamestown College opened on this date in 1886. The newly created college began its first fall term at 9:00 am in the North Side School House. Although the college initially had only one student, Ms. Sadie Elliott, it would end the year with a class of 35.

It’s not often a major motion picture set in North Dakota or filmed here, let alone stare Hollywood royalty. On this date in 2000, the Bismarck Tribune reported on the excitement that descended on Medora as the town hosted 150 cast and crew members for the filming of Wooly Boys. It starred Peter Fonda, Kris Kristofferson, and Joseph Mazzello and followed the story of a Badlands sheep rancher and his grandson.

This date in 1929 featured perhaps the most important event to ever happen at Memorial Stadium of the University of North Dakota: The UND Flickertails lost to the Haskell Indians, a football team from Lawrence, Kansas, 13-6.