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9/8/2007: During the Late Cretaceous period, rivers flowed east from the Rocky Mountains to the inland sea that once covered what is now eastern North Dakota. The weather was similar to that of south Florida, and deposits resembling the Mississippi Delta built up around what is now known as the Hell Creek Formation south of Bismarck/Mandan. It was an ideal habitat for dinosaurs.

9/26/2007: Wilmot P. Sanford enlisted in the United States Army in his hometown of Boston, Massachusetts in 1872. He was a member of Company D, 6th Regiment, United States Infantry. Private Sanford was eventually stationed at Ft. Buford, located at the junction of the Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers in western North Dakota.

9/29/2007: The cost of a college education today is probably all relative.

9/27/2007: Robert H. Bahmer served as the fourth archivist of the National Archives.

9/30/2007: Judges in Fargo agreed that in the marriage ceremony, couples must vow to “love and honor” each other. When it came to obeying each other however, not all of the judges were in agreement.

10/2/2007: Today, in 1941, the Ward County Independent reported on royalty here in North Dakota.

10/4/2007: In yet another example that whiskey and cards don’t mix, an innocent bystander lay seriously wounded in French Joe’s gambling joint on Front Street in Fargo.

11/13/2006: A woman of Plaza, North Dakota was reported to have received quite a shock on this day in 1913. The woman, Mrs. Hendricks, learned that her husband had been spotted in Minot, North Dakota after eight months of absence. Gust Hendricks had not been seen since last spring, and his anxious wife had reported the man missing since his disappearance.

10/7/2007: Serving arrest papers has always been dangerous. The Fargo Forum on this date in 1913 reported that two lawyers were imprisoned by the man on whom they attempted to serve garnishment papers.

10/9/2007: In October of 1872, the newly established frontier village of Bismarck experienced its first death. Private Sharpe was buried by his comrades, receiving the first burial in Bismarck. A month later, Mrs. McDonald gave birth to the first baby in North Dakota’s future capital city, but the baby passed away soon after.