Search results for

11/27/2005: Minot was founded in 1886 and, because it expanded so quickly, was quickly dubbed the “Magic City.”

12/2/2005: On this date in 1890, the Bismarck Daily Tribune ran a story about Buffalo Bill and Sitting Bull, who at one time worked together in Buffalo Bill’s Wild West show.

12/7/2005: Concordia College Professor, Barbara Witteman, wrote “Prairie in Her Heart: Pioneer Women of North Dakota” in 2001. Today we bring you an excerpt that focuses on early cookstoves. . .

12/27/2005: This week, we’re bringing you stories of North Dakota in December 1926. Today’s is a tragedy involving fire and heroism.

12/28/2005: Today’s story is from the Mandan Daily Pioneer in December 1926 and is quite an entertaining one.

1/1/2006: New Year’s Day, 1863, marked a new phase in the life of Mahlon Gore, and in fact in the lives of most of the people — natives and newcomers — living in Dakota Territory at the time.

1/2/2006: Today is the 85th birthday of Robert O. Feland, who was born the second day of January, 1921, in Almont, North Dakota. Bob grew up on the Feland ranch south of this Morton county town not far from Bismarck-Mandan. He was out of school and working on the family ranch when the U.S. entered World War II, and he was soon drafted into the Army.

7/22/2005: In January 2003, The London Tablet published an article entitled: Nun Heads Popularity Stakes.

7/26/2005: On this day in 1944, a 1525-ton Gato-class submarine was destroyed, but nobody knew what happened until a week later. The sub was named for the robalo – a warm-water sport fish that resembles a large pike.

9/14/2005: Ohiyesa, which means “The Winner,” was raised in the traditional Sioux manner by his paternal grandmother after the Minnesota Conflict of 1862. His father, Many Lightnings, was presumed dead until he resurfaced ten years later under a new name – Jacob Eastman. Eastman renamed Ohiyesa “Charles” and set about getting him a good education. Charles got a medical degree from Dartmouth in 1886 and moved back to Dakota Territory.