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2/16/2009: In 1932 the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, #714 was established in North Dakota. Other unions had existed in the state for many years, even a Horseshoer’s Union, but efforts to unionize the building trades had met with limited success.

2/17/2009: One of the state’s most heinous crimes took place in Emmons County on this date in 1897. In 1959, William Fischer, editor of the Emmons County Record, explained: “When North Dakota became a state, its constitution outlawed the saloon, but many saloon operators continued their ‘underground’ operation – and their places of business were known as ‘blind pigs’.”

2/18/2009: In 1959, Granville, North Dakota, became grounds for celebration. The residents said it was “Roble recognition night,” and the Robles, Fred and Amanda, were the guests of honor.

2/22/2009: It was on this date in 1940 that railroad conductor Robert C. Wynn would take his last train ride to his final resting place.

2/27/2009: Throughout the twentieth century, the State Historical Society of North Dakota made a concerted effort to better care for the state's important historic sites. To do so, it acquired many properties of historic importance - former military posts, homes of important North Dakotans and significant government buildings.

2/28/2009: The rider gives a signal. The pen door opens and the bull charges out as the crowd looks on with bated breath.

3/2/2009: Unfortunately, accidents happen all the time. On this date, in 1951, a horrible accident struck when a Mid-Continent Airlines flight, en route to Minneapolis from Kansas City, crashed at Sioux City, killing fifteen people.

3/6/2009: Behind every good man stands a great woman. That's certainly the case for George Armstrong Custer, a prominent figure in the history of Dakota Territory. Whatever your opinion of the general, his wife, Elizabeth Bacon Custer, played an undeniably crucial role in his professional achievements. Like many of her peers, Libbie made it her duty to help her husband advance his career.

3/12/2009: Pembina is the Chippewa word for highbush cranberry, whose berries lend their flaming color to the woods in autumn. It is also the name of North Dakota's most northeastern town. Pembina is also considered the site of the first trading post in what is now North Dakota, built by Alexander Henry, the younger, for the North West Company.

3/18/2009: For sixty-seven years, the North Dakota Governors' Mansion served as home to twenty-three state executives. Originally constructed in Bismarck in 1884 by a local businessman to serve as his family residence, the state purchased the home nine years later when it became apparent funds approved to construct a new governors' house were insufficient.