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10/10/2006: Casselton was in the midst of its first state Corn Show on this day in 1913. Businessmen of the city planned the show to highlight the agriculture of the state, especially the growing and manufacturing of the several varieties of corn harvested in North Dakota.

11/3/2006: Opening deer season is just days away, and as hunters begin getting their camping gear ready for the big weekend, it’s also time to remember the jokes and stories to share during the cold nights on the plains. That’s what John Smith, Black Horn, White Face, and two other Gros Ventre Indians did at their camp today in 1877.

11/6/2006: We can hardly imagine Sunday without watching a matinee movie, or during this time of year, getting the chips and dip ready for a full day of football. But, for those just over 70 years ago, such activities were strictly forbidden—and even punishable by law.

11/11/2006: With winter fast approaching, we bid farewell to yet another summer–or road construction season, as native North Dakotans might call it jokingly. But, what few may know, is that there is some truth in that joke.

This Sunday on Prairie Public Presents: A new episode of Why? Philosophical Discussions About Everyday Life. In this episode, host Jack Russell Weinstein explores "How To Think Like A Hindu" with guest Swami Sarvapriyananda.

1/3/2006: This is part two of a story from North Dakota World War II veteran Robert Feland, including days he spent behind enemy lines in Belgium during the Battle of the Bulge, 61 years ago this week. Picking up where we left off yesterday, Bob and seven other American soldiers were having a breakfast of bread and wine compliments of their host, a Belgian who sheltered them for the night while German troops passed by just beyond the wall. It happened to be Bob’s 24th birthday.

1/12/2006: Orin A. Stevens was born on a farm in Kansas in 1885, where he began his lifelong habit of observing birds and bees and plants. It’s fun to imagine little Orin staring cross-eyed at a bug on the farmhouse porch or grasping and smelling a flower before he could even walk.

1/16/2006: On this day in 1981, Warren Christopher was awarded the nation’s highest civilian award – the Medal of Freedom – by President Jimmy Carter. Christopher was near the end of his service as Deputy Secretary of State during the Carter administration.

1/18/2006: On this day in 2002, at about 1:45 am, a catastrophic train derailment occurred on the western edge of Minot, with tragic and long-term consequences for nearby residents and still mounting liabilities for the Canadian Pacific Railway and insurance companies.

1/20/2006: Yesterday’s Dakota Datebook was on the anniversary of the wedding of Olive Stokes and Tom Mix. The nuptials took place before a Billings County Justice of the Peace on a Medora ranch in 1909.