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7/8/2016: There was a great deal of excitement in Fargo on this date in 1935. Morning showers did not dampen the enthusiasm of the crowd that gathered at the Great Northern railroad station. They came to watch the unloading of a train more than forty cars in length.

7/13/2016: Fifty years ago the National Historic Preservation Act was created to help preserve the diverse archaeological and architectural treasures of America. While many of these features are other structures with significant historical context, some treasures go back thousands of years and provide evidence of earlier civilizations.

7/14/2016: Streamlined design was fashionable in the later 1920s and throughout the ‘30s. This modern style came to North Dakota in a dramatic way in the summer of 1936.

7/15/2016: There was a man named William Larrabee, a trooper in the Seventh Cavalry in 1875, who had a terribly sore throat. Larrabee’s malady indirectly led him to establish Larrabee post office in Foster County, a location later called “Grace City.”

7/19/2016: Fifty years ago the National Historic Preservation Act was created to help preserve the diverse archaeological and architectural treasures of America. Important among these are sites that help interpret the prehistory of early civilizations. The inhabitants of what is now North Dakota left their marks upon the land as hunter-gathering societies transitioned to hunter-gardening.

7/21/2016: On this date in 1970, the House Agriculture Committee reached agreement on a Farm Bill. Representative Thomas Kleppe said the Nixon Administration would support the bill. He expected it to be voted out of committee on the following day, and was sure the House would promptly take action on it. He was confident that the bill would pass in the House.

7/25/2016: Touting North Dakota as “Legendary,” Tourism Division entices travelers to visit the big Badlands, fish for walleyes, or see Jamestown’s big buffalo statue. But there was a time when Dakota’s boosters minimized some regional legends, particularly the legendarily-big mosquitoes that bit arms, faces and all kinds of places.

7/26/2016: Today is the birthday of one of our most important frontier artists. George Catlin was born in Pennsylvania in 1796 when George Washington was in his second term.

8/8/2016: The State Penitentiary in Bismarck is a necessary evil. We wish there was no need for a prison, but criminals exist and must be arrested. The penitentiary was intended as a place where convicts should repent and experience rehabilitation. But a question arose after the State Penitentiary opened in 1885: How can governments really transform criminals into productive citizens?

12/2/2015: On this date in 1946, over 300 dealers of farm equipment braved the cold weather and slippery roads of a North Dakota December as they descended upon Fargo for a three-day convention. The second annual farm dealership conference was sponsored by the North Dakota Implement Dealers Association. The first conference, the year before, had attracted an attendance of 700. With more dealers showing their wares, the Association predicted an even larger gathering. With a membership of more than 600, Secretary George Dixon reported that the Association was the largest trade association in the state.