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6/19/2006: William Lemke, Fargo attorney and North Dakota congressman, announced that he would be entering the race for the United States presidency on this date in 1936.

6/20/2006: Fort Union was established near the confluence of the Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers in 1828 by John Jacob Astor’s American Fur Company.

6/18/2006: The White Earth Valley Saddle Club, in northwestern North Dakota, celebrates 49 years of rodeo fun today. And just as they did 49 years ago, cowboys and cowgirls come from across the Upper Midwest to compete each Father’s Day weekend.

6/24/2006: On this day in 1837, the steamboat St. Peter arrived at the Fort Union trading post at the confluence of the Missouri and Yellowstone Rivers.

6/25/2006: Beatrice "Bea" Olson was born on this date in 1916. She grew up near Bellfield and married rancher Gilman Peterson. She was a teacher, rancher, journalist and mother of five daughters. She was active in agricultural affairs, and also in politics.

6/27/2006: On this date in 1999, the Pettibone Pagoda was destroyed forever in a fierce windstorm. The tower-like structure was the brainchild of Pettibone resident Henry Luehr. At a remarkable height of 82 feet, the building was a surprisingly graceful piece of folk art made of salvaged wood and found treasures. Each of the building’s eight stories were colorfully decorated and featured a different theme.

7/5/2006: A showing of extremely poor sportsmanship was exhibited on this day in 1911 in a baseball game between the Giants of Beach, North Dakota and the Wibaux, Montana Tigers.

7/6/2006: North Dakota was in the midst of the Great Depression when on this day in 1936, temperatures reached a record 121 degrees in the small town of Steele.

4/14/2006: On this day in 1865, Abraham Lincoln died after being shot the night before at the Ford Theatre in Washington. Seventy years later, to the day, Smith Stimmel died in Fargo. What’s the connection? Stimmel was one of Lincoln’s bodyguards.

4/15/2006: Carl Ben Eielson was a true North Dakota hero. On April 15, 1928, he and Captain George Hubert Wilkins flew a non-stop, 2,200-mile flight over the North Pole. In September that year, the two accomplished a 1,200-mile flight in the Antarctic.