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11/27/2007: On this date in 1897, the small town of Inkster, ND was witness to one of the county’s most “deplorable tragedies.”

11/26/2007: In 1907, when the US Navy secured a large fund to build a “first-class” battleship that would be “…carrying as heavy armor and as powerful armament as any known vessel [with] … the highest practicable speed and the greatest practicable radius of action,” North Dakota became interested in lending its name to the project.

11/28/2007: We have had a love/hate relationship with fire for eons. We need fire. We use fire to stay warm and cook our meat. On the other hand, even before Nero took lessons in fiddling, the threat of fire has always existed, and old newspapers are dotted with the descriptions of their destruction.

11/29/2007: The Grand Forks Herald reported on this date in 1900 a story of “considerable interest” among the people in Grand Forks. After many “pre-trial rumors”, the victim was finally able to give her side of the story.

11/30/2007: While hitch hiking may not be the most popular form of transportation, it is not uncommon to see a lone traveler thumbing his way down one of America's highways. It is, however, rare to see a traveler attempting to bum a ride on an airport runway.

12/6/2007: At the turn of the Twentieth Century, Williams County, located in the northwest corner of the state, occupied the region of present-day Williams and Divide County. The bulk of the population lived in the southern half of the county, but by 1904, settlers also began trickling into the northern half. The trickle soon became a flood and by 1910 there were over 6,000 residents in northern Williams County.

12/11/2007: "It's not like the good old days." This is a common phrase, repeated especially by those old enough to remember those golden ages. But in every age, there is a little bit of scandal.

12/12/2007: It's not often that North Dakota makes national news. That is to say, it's not common, but it does happen. On this day, in 1914, it was reported in the Bismarck Tribune that some small towns in North Dakota were making big waves in Washington, D.C.—and all over a post office.

12/13/2007: In 1913, the Bismarck Tribune proudly stated that businesses and population in Bismarck had grown tremendously. It judged this statement by the increased bank deposits and post office receipts, as well as by increased real estate and home building. Bismarck grew in other ways, too—by one Christmas tree.

12/14/2007: People out east were a more than a little surprised on this date in 1878 to see an illustration of the Bismarck Opera House in the latest edition of Harper’s Weekly magazine. Many of those readers didn’t even know that Bismarck existed; much less that it had an Opera House!