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9/25/2009: North Dakota and Italy have more in common than you might realize.

9/27/2009: The Fargo Forum reported on this day in 1974 that, in an effort to save money and conserve food, First Lady Betty Ford had introduced the White House to the Midwestern casserole.

9/29/2009: We talk about tightening our belts in the face of economic depression, but even the struggles we face today are nothing like the struggles of the thirties. Many people across the nation lost everything in the Great Depression, and North Dakotans were not excluded.

9/30/2009: One of North Dakota's most controversial governors, William Langer, was born this date in 1886 in northern Dakota Territory.

10/3/2009: A sensational murder was reported in Grand Forks on this day in 1909. The victim, Ellen Fulton, was shot by her employer in a fit of jealous rage.

10/4/2009: In the days when the lands of the west were first being moved from federal to private ownership, various land districts were established to manage the transfer.

10/6/2009: A diamond thief from Chicago was imprisoned in the Cass County jail on this date in 1896. Implicated in a sensational jewelry heist in the windy city, the man was caught in Neche by Marshal Cronan after months of evading the authorities.

10/12/2009: It was on this date in 1944 that Army Staff Sergeant Jack Pendleton became a hero. It was also the last day of his life.

10/22/2009: It was on this day in 1962 that the State Historical Society of North Dakota acquired a small, unimposing parcel of land just south of Milnor, North Dakota, known as Camp Buell. Today, it's little more than a quiet piece of prairie, but for one day on July 3, 1863, the little speck of land was the bustling overnight stopping point for General Henry Sibley and his army as they worked their way across the upper plains following the US-Dakota Conflict of 1862.

10/23/2009: Erick Lien of Union, North Dakota arrived in Minot today in 1908, but his visit was not under happy circumstances. Lien was coming to inspect the cause of his daughter Gina's death on October 5. Officials had already been investigating the case, and suspected her doctor, Dr. Moeller of malpractice.