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1/9/2007: A series of Northern Pacific passenger trains pulled into Fargo in the early morning hours on this day in 1910. The seven east-bound trains had been scheduled to arrive in Fargo three days earlier, but had been delayed.

1/26/2007: North Dakota faced a severe coal shortage on this day in 1907. Valley City authorities reported that citizens were to supply themselves with candles and kerosene lamps as the electric plant had only enough coal for an additional three days of service.

1/27/2007: Mose, a community northwest of Cooperstown, was founded in 1899.

1/28/2007: The return of a Norwegian visitor to this state was reported on this day in 1907.

1/30/2007: Today is the birthday of Henry Clay Hansbrough, who was born in Illinois 1848. President James Polk’s opponent for the presidency, Henry Clay, attended the wedding of Elisha Hansbrough and Sarah Hagan. As he rode off, he suggested they name their first boy after them. And they did.

2/8/2007: The Era of Prohibition may have ended on December 5, 1933 with repeal of the Volstead Act by the ratification of the 21st Amendment, however, the desire for bootlegged alcohol was still strong in North Dakota. On this day in 1934, the citizens from twenty-two towns in the center of the state were wondering which ones of their neighbors were regular customers.

2/9/2007: Ole Peterson proved that shame can kill a man on this day in 1907.

2/10/2007: Fargo newsboys were shocked to learn of a betrayal among their own ranks on this day in 1907. A bundle of newspapers had been stolen from the depot of the Great Northern station on this evening, and several of the city’s newsboys were under suspicion for the act.

2/11/2007: In 1861, Dakota Territory included portions of present-day Montana, Idaho and Wyoming. As each region became separate territories, it appeared that the borders of the three future states failed to join; leaving a triangular section between Montana, Wyoming and Idaho that still belonged to the Territory of Dakota. Land office maps from the 1860’s marked this area as almost 100 miles wide and 35 miles deep.

2/13/2007: This day in 1926 started out with much excitement for the sisters of Saint Joseph’s Hospital in Dickinson. An expansion had just been completed, and upon the sisters’ inspection, especially of the woodwork in the new chapel, the new addition was deemed satisfactory.