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2/10/2008: When David Thompson died on this day, February 10, 1857, the fur trader, astronomer and surveyor had traveled some 55,000 miles and surveyed 1.9 million square miles of North America.

2/13/2008: History may only remember Melvin Hildreth as the US District Attorney who successfully prosecuted Kate Richards O’Hare; a Socialist reformer who delivered an anti-war speech in Bowman, ND during World War One. But his life’s work extended far beyond one nationally publicized legal case.

2/15/2008: There’s nothing quite like an unscheduled break from school to get students excited. This seems to be especially in North Dakota, when school often plunges on, despite 6 foot drifts of blowing snow. Okay, that is an exaggeration, but nontheless, a cancellation is unexpected and can be exciting.

2/17/2008: This day February 17, 1884, Alice Lee Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt’s first child was christened. Three days earlier, Roosevelt had lost both his wife and mother. To cope with his sorrow, he moved to a ranch in Dakota Territory, leaving Alice in the care of his older sister, Bamie.

2/20/2008: Oh, the dreary winter, how the storm has raged all day!” So penned Mary Dodge Woodward during a North Dakota blizzard, on this day, February 20, 1884.

2/24/2008: In 1911, Bismarck received a shiny, new fire engine—to be exact, a “combination hose and chemical (horse-drawn) wagon.”

2/26/2008: Sometimes, here in North Dakota, we feel removed from problems that go on in the rest of the country. However, on this day in 1959, one man reminded some North Dakotans that they should expect the unexpected…and also that they should meet the unexpected head on.

3/1/2008: While the name Bernard Hoffman may not be recognizable to many, his pictures probably are. The LIFE Magazine photographer captured some of the most poignant images of World War II including construction of the Ledo Road in Burma and the devastation at Hiroshima following the use of the atomic bomb.

3/3/2008: Fur trapper. Explorer. Member of Lewis and Clark’s Corp of Discovery. US Mounted Ranger during the War of 1812. The life of John Colter reads like a fictional novel; filled with adventure, mystery and danger.

3/8/2008: It was this day, March 8th 1890, that a bill established the North Dakota Agricultural College, the forerunner of NDSU. Although established, it would take another year before the State Legislature appropriated the money needed to erect the school’s first permanent building.