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12/26/2005: This week we’ll be featuring stories from 1926, which we’re dedicating to Mr. Jim Davis, who provides us with a lot of help with research at the State Historical Society of North Dakota. In fact, Jim discovered almost all the stories for this week – again, they’re from December 1926.

12/29/2005: On this date in 1931, the Sabin State Bank in Sabin, MN, was robbed, leading to a weeklong manhunt in the Fargo-Moorhead area.

7/23/2005: Mr. Ardell Slattum was named Ransom County Man of the Year in 1987. He had a way with animals and had trained dogs and several trick ponies over the years. One summer, however, he learned he didn’t know a whole lot about pigs.

7/31/2005: Thomas J. Tracy was born in St. Paul on this date in 1911.

8/9/2005: On this date in 1912, there were several dramatic stories circulating around the state.

8/12/2005: Manuel Lisa was born to Spanish-Cuban parents in New Orleans in 1772. After the Lewis and Clark expedition returned, Lisa was among the first people to respond to their reports by sailing up the Missouri River to establish a fur-trading venture.

8/15/2005: Today we bring you part one of Henryetta Teresa Beckert’s story. She died at the age of 100 on this date in 1978.

8/17/2005: North Dakota has produced some highly acclaimed musicians over the years. Among them was a Fargo singer named Robert Velline, better known as teen idol Bobby Vee. Velline and his band, The Shadows, got their big break in February 1959, when they filled in for Buddy Holly the night Holly and others lost their lives in a plane crash.

8/23/2005: Yesterday we began a twisted tale that began when 34 year-old Jay Caldwell disappeared in the summer of 1907. Jay and his wealthy father, James, ranched in the Taylor area near Dickinson.

8/25/2005: Dr. Gilbert Wilson, a U of M anthropologist, journeyed to Independence, ND, around 1912 to interview Buffalobird-Woman, who was in her 70s at the time.