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8/24/2015: The death of Hidatsa Chief Drags Wolf took place on this date in 1943. Only months before, he had vowed he would die before he watched his people’s land destroyed by the Garrison Dam – and he was true to his word.

8/26/2015: As the summer of 1941 passed by, the United States was still not at war. That would come on December 8th, after Pearl Harbor. But even though the country was still at peace, war was looming.

6/2/2015: P.T. Barnum served as mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut and two terms as a state legislator. He founded a hospital and brought gas lighting to the streets of Bridgeport. But he is best known as a showman.

6/3/2015: Masonry has a long history in the Dakotas. The first known Mason to visit the Dakotas was Meriwether Lewis, and several Mason lodges were issued charters prior to statehood. The first of those lodges was founded in Fargo in 1874. In 1875, five lodges banded together to form The Grand Lodge of Dakota. In 1889, it divided into the Grand Lodges of North and South Dakota.

6/4/2015: As rural populations have dwindled in the 21st century, reports of entire towns for sale have tempted people with utopian ideas and deep pockets. In the past five years, the towns of Swett and Scenic, South Dakota were both up for sale for a few hundred thousand dollars each. In 2013, the lone resident of Buford, Wyoming sold the town for just under a million dollars.

6/18/2015: North Dakota has become a leading energy state in recent years because of Bakken petroleum, however, lignite coal has long been a vital resource for the state. Lignite is mainly used for making electricity, but it can also be used for heating and cooking.

9/13/2013: “He’s the bravest guy I ever saw,” said a soldier about Lieutenant Beryl Newman. Newman and the Army’s “Red Bull” 34th Infantry Division, fought the Germans at the Anzio beachhead in Italy for 43 days straight before breaking out from the German encirclement. Newman helped lead the way in May, 1944.

9/12/2013: In 1871, the spot that would someday become Dickinson started off as a Northern Pacific Railroad survey site. Nine years later, the railroad finally arrived and the site was named Pleasant Valley Siding. The next year, it was renamed for Wells Stoughton Dickinson, a land agent and politician from New York. Dickinson's brother, Horace, lived in the area and watched over the town as his brother's namesake developed and flourished. A post office was established, and Dickinson next became the county seat, and then in 1900 officially became a city.

9/10/2013: On this date in 1953 Frank Whitecalfe was all of two days old. He was born to Oscar and Greta Whitecalfe in Garrison, North Dakota. Little did they realized they had a future rodeo star on their hands. Frank attended White Shield School in Garrison, graduating in 1971. He worked on the family ranch while growing up and started his own cattle herd at age 16.

9/9/2013: Local and federal law enforcement officers had their work cut out for them during the Prohibition Era (1920-1933). The nation was divided over Prohibition; some believed the law could reform all Americans, while others saw nothing wrong with making liquor, selling it or drinking it.