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  • 3/19/2014: In the difficult days of World War II, North Dakotans generally responded with patriotic fervor to help win the war. According to an editorial in the Bismarck Tribune, published on this date in 1946, the people of North Dakota, per capita, had led the nation in purchasing war bonds.
  • 3/21/2014: As the expanse of the prairies became cultivated and settled, the need for healthcare became apparent. By 1885 in Bismarck, some Benedictine sisters from Minnesota opened St. Alexius, the city’s first hospital. In 1915, the hospital moved to its present-day location in Bismarck. By 1902, more healthcare options arose in Bismarck as early settling doctors Quain and Ramstad established a clinic. Five years later, combining with the aid of a missionary of the Bismarck Evangelical association, they established a second hospital. The Bismarck Hospital's first unit was officially opened for patients in 1909. Eventually, it would become Medcenter One and, today, Sanford.
  • 3/28/2014: On March 2nd, 1861, the United States Congress first created Dakota Territory. It included the lands of present-day North Dakota, South Dakota, and most of Montana and Wyoming. After a while, the Montana and Wyoming portions were carved away, leaving the land that would become North and South Dakota.
  • 3/31/2014: It’s no secret that the thirties were a difficult time. As people watched their crops fail and their lives became struggles, there was a general outcry for improved conditions. FDR was inaugurated as President on March 3, 1933; by the end of the month, on this date, he signed into law an emergency employment act. A few days later, under this act, the Emergency Conservation Work agency was established. Its goal was to relieve unemployment and to aid in restoring the natural resources of the land. This eventually became the Civilian Conservation Corp.
  • 5/21/2014: Rueben Humes was a young Dickinson sheepherder whose flocks were often threatened by predators like coyotes and bobcats. One day in 1900, Rueben went hunting for prairie chickens near the Heart River. His shotgun kept misfiring, but he finally shot a chicken, which dropped onto the opposite riverbank. As he forded the river to get it, he saw something. “It looked like a big black sheep,” he said. “It was gray and had a huge mane of hair. I was so surprised I just stopped and looked… it was the largest wolf I had ever seen.” Rueben fired, but his gun misfired, and the wolf took off.
  • 5/30/2014: After a pre-election meeting in Grand Forks, prohibitionists decided to hold a meeting in Jamestown on this date in 1889 to plan their strategy. They had been somewhat successful in the election of members of their party to the Constitutional Convention, particularly in the eastern counties, however, almost all of the twenty-five districts had proposed that the prohibition plank to the constitution be voted upon as a separate issue and not be written into the constitution.
  • 6/5/2014: Filing for U.S. citizenship is a voluntary act. However, as it was necessary to be a citizen in order to file for land under the Homestead Act, so naturalization records became a very important part of the history of those settling the Midwest.
  • 6/6/2014: Hazel McCulloch was a remarkable woman. A history instructor at Minot State Teachers College for over four decades, she was noted by her students as an intelligent, caring, and inspiring instructor. Her unique brilliance wowed students, including the hundreds of navy cadets training at Minot State Teachers College as part of the V-12 program, a program created to train naval officers for America’s fleet during WWII.
  • 6/10/2014: Prohibition has a long history in North Dakota. Liquor flowed freely in territory days, but politicians dreamed of a more civilized state. Prohibition was first proposed at North Dakota’s Constitutional Convention in 1889. It was a controversial issue, and it was voted on separately from the Constitution.
  • 6/30/2014: Dozens of mail-bombs sent to United States politicians during the 'Red Scare' of 1919 struck fear of communists, socialists, and anarchists into the hearts of Americans. A May Day parade in Cleveland, Ohio, spiralled into violence when the pro-labor marchers met an anti-communist group who demanded the red flags of socialism not fly alongside the American flag. Between 1919 and 1920, many States tried to prevent displays of support for those groups by passing laws against flying the red flag of Socialism or the black flag of Anarchism in public.
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