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7/6/2008: “To think—a hot day, some real water—and a 10-year-old boy.” This statement, made in 1916, seems nostalgic and philosophic, today. Skinny-dipping was the next step.

7/18/2008: On this day in July of 1881 preparations were being made for the surrender of chief Sitting Bull at Fort Buford, North Dakota. The next morning at 11 a. m. one struggle for the great Hunkpapa leader would formally come to an end.

7/23/2008: Today, in 1951, one little cow from North Dakota was living as a normal cow lives. Sally the cow practiced the three m's—mooing, moving and being milked—and was relatively happy. By the next day, however, that one little cow had hit the big time.

7/24/2008: On this date, July 24th, in 1931, top architects and designers from across the country submitted 42 plans for an important, new building project in North Dakota. The outcome of this project would define and represent our state for generations to come: a new capitol building.

7/26/2008: In July of 1864 General Alfred Sully escorted settlers west to the gold mines of Montana. Throughout the trip Sully was on the lookout for the Yanktonais and Lakotas who had escaped him earlier that summer at the Battle of Whitestone Hill.

7/27/2008: Nineteen miles southwest of Devils Lake, at the intersection of highway 19, you will find the tiny town of Minnewaukan. As this weekend marks their Quasquicentennial, or their 125th birthday, the 318 citizens of the town are buzzing with excitement. Local businesses are decorating, churches are cooking, and crowds are expected.

7/28/2008: Brynhild Haugland, former member of the North Dakota House of Representatives, was born on this day July 28, 1905, to Norwegian immigrants on a farm near Minot, North Dakota. Haugland received her Elementary Certificate from Minot State Normal School, now Minot State University, in 1924, and taught in Ward County for two years before returning to the family farm to assist in its operation.

7/30/2008: It was on this day, July 30, 1992 near Golden Valley that the State Historical Society of North Dakota acquired a rare collection of 95 stones. Taken by themselves, these stones were nothing special; similar to any number of rocks found throughout the state. However, left where they were found and undisturbed they formed the shape of a large turtle; twenty-one feet from head to tail and eleven and a half feet wide.

12/18/2008: Shortly before the turn of the 20th century, a UND biology professor and his brother purchased an old brick plant near Dickinson and turned it into one of the state’s premier brick plants.

12/19/2008: Did you ever wish that you could fly without wings? In the 1930s all you really needed was a pair of skis and the Devils Lake Ski Jump. A veteran skier from Minneapolis once got to the take-off point and shouted, "My God!" as he could scarcely believe the distance to the valley below. A Fargo skier fainted. Fortunately, he only required a few days in the hospital.