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3/4/2009: In 1938, William Beadle was memorialized with a statue in the US Capitol Building at Washington DC. While remembered largely for his work as an educator in Dakota Territory, the statue also honors his stint as a soldier in the Civil War. It was in this role, fighting for the Union, that Beadle experienced one of his most memorable encounters.

3/5/2009: In March of 1909, the citizens of Bismarck were becoming much more mobile, wanting to be as progressive as the rest of the country. As a result, the first automobile advertisement in Bismarck appeared.

3/7/2009: The passage of the Volstead Act in October 1919 launched national prohibition, as defined by the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

3/14/2009: On this date in 1983, President Ronald Reagan spoke before members of the federal law enforcement agencies at a memorial service in Washington, D.C. to remember agents who had fallen in the line of duty over the past year.

3/17/2009: It was a warm, sunny morning on this date in 1862; not a cloud in sight. But inside the legislative buildings, a storm was brewing.

3/19/2009: It's not often that Marmarth, North Dakota makes national news. For years the tiny town of 140 has sat comfortably in its anonymity; just one of many small towns in North Dakota. But that was all before it became the site of one of the rarest and most important dinosaur finds in a generation.

3/20/2009: The War in Iraq began on March 20th, 2003.

3/21/2009: Oscar W. Peterson was a boiler-maker in Jamestown before he joined the Army in 1917. On this date in 1918, he was promoted from corporal to sergeant, and two months later he was shipped overseas, where he served in France during WWI.

3/22/2009: There's a lot of beauty living out in the country, but that life has its troubles, too. George Dockter found that out in the winter of 1946.

3/24/2009: The melting pot that is America has welcomed many settlers over the centuries. Each individual bore with them some small impact, some talent or knowledge or even personality that affected the fabric of today.