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9/21/2009: Actor and producer Gregory Peck visited Fargo during this week in 1974 as part of a tour promoting his newest production, The Dove. The film was Peck's third attempt at producing, and proved to be his last, although witnesses to the fanfare exhibited at the Hector Airport during his arrival would not have guessed as much.

10/2/2009: At about this time in 1902, railroad workers in the state had been going through a tough time with hobos riding the rails. On September 22nd, the Fargo Forum reported a story under the heading, "Another Brakeman Shot."

10/5/2009: More than two hundred million years ago - but probably not on this date - a meteorite slammed into what is now McKenzie County, leaving behind a crater 5-miles across.

10/8/2009: The Metropolitan Hotel opened to the public in Jamestown on this date in 1884. The Metropolitan was one of the city's first establishments, erected only a year after the Jamestown's incorporation in 1883.

10/10/2009: Democratic presidential candidate and Nebraska congressman William Jennings Bryan visited Fargo on this date in 1896 as part of his national campaign.

10/11/2009: An enormous wildfire was reported by The Fargo Forum on this date in 1910.

10/20/2009: In 1883, the Territorial Legislative Assembly at Yankton enacted a bill for the establishment of a prison in Bismarck, and "$50,000 was appropriated for this purpose." The completion of the penitentiary was reported on this date in 1884. And in 1885, the prison received its first inmates when thirty-five men were transferred to the facility from Sioux Falls.

10/27/2009: Professor E. F. Ladd of the North Dakota Agriculture College made a proclamation on this date in 1917 that was surprisingly well-received among North Dakotans.

10/30/2009: On this date in 1922, Governor Rangvold Nestos pushed a button that officially started the machinery of the soon-to-be-completed North Dakota Mill and Elevator in downtown Grand Forks. To this day, it is still the only state-owned elevator in the nation.

In this Dakota Diners segment, Tom Brosseau visits with Darcy's Café owner Michelle “Mick” Hajicek and Grand Forks Herald columnist Marilyn Hagerty.