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10/20/2007: On this date in 1922, a fire broke out in downtown Fargo that caused an estimated $160,000 in damages. Flames started in a store room of the Harrington Hardware Store, and spread quickly to other buildings on the Tyler Block.

11/15/2006: Created in 1933, the Civil Works Administration was established under the President Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal program to create jobs for millions of unemployed Americans. Though temporary, the jobs were a God-send for many Americans during the Depression.

11/20/2006: It was tough work being the breadwinner of the family in the 1930s, but due to a strike, this task was even more difficult. Bakers of Grand Forks went on strike, leaving six companies short of help; despite this, production continued. The bakeries also attempted to continue bread deliveries, but constant violence and harassment by picketers stopped deliveries until police protection for the truck drivers was guaranteed. Today in 1937, trucks again began deliveries, making it a little easier for consumers to “bring home the bread.”

11/22/2006: “Home sweet home” was not a term used to describe some of North Dakota’s newest homeowners today in 1921.

11/25/2006: Lawrence Welk had become a national sensation, and tonight in 1946, Welk’s music was heard on his nightly program on WGN. The artist had come far indeed, but not without some changes.

11/29/2006: On this day in 1921, the residents of Bismarck were still excited over the recent visit of Marshal Ferdinand Foch of France. During the visit, Foch was reported to have touched the spirit of the West. By then, little remained of Bismarck’s Old West, but residents were reminiscing about Bismarck’s earlier days—a time when the city truly resembled the pioneer days of the West.

11/30/2006: Every summer, the small town of Medora is flooded with tourists, but the town shouldn’t be remembered without first remembering those who worked to make it North Dakota’s most popular historic destination.

12/14/2006: A peculiar legal episode was reported from Hankinson, North Dakota on this day in 1903. The story involved a recent Swedish immigrant named Olaf Ramsett and a Swedish loan of five-hundred kroners.

12/16/2006: Fargo Forum Staff Writer, Alma Riggle, wrote an editorial column on her recent visit to California on this day in 1934.

12/18/2006: North Dakota rodeo and Wild West Show star Scott Gore was born on December 16, 1880, at Deadwood, South Dakota. His parents, Bruce “R.B.” and Ella (Ayres) Gore came to North Dakota in the 1890s and worked for the Pierre Wibaux W Bar Ranch.