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7/3/2009: As we heard on the Wednesday, July 1st issue of "Dakota Datebook," the following story about Hazel Onerheim is taken from her personal notes and diaries that she kept until her death at age 99. We pick up on Hazel's story in 1907, just after her father dies in Montana of typhoid fever.

7/5/2009: Although North Dakota is better-known for its cold winters, the summer heat can prove to be equally extreme. One way to beat the heat is to enjoy a cool treat, like ice cream.

7/16/2009: If you've been listening in lately to Dakota Datebook, you'll have followed along as we traced General Henry Sibley's march through Dakota Territory during the summer of 1863. Sibley's army was part of a grand design to engage a group of Dakota who had raided a number of Minnesota settlements the previous year.

7/17/2009: Even before his death in 1895, Pierre Bottineau was legendary on the Northern Plains. His work and financial dealings had established railroads, created towns and founded forts across the prairie. Like Forrest Gump, Bottineau always seemed to find himself at the most exciting and historically important places. But quite unlike Forrest Gump, Bottineau was quite intelligent, even fluent in seven languages.

7/18/2009: On this date in 1942, there was one more flag flying on the main flagpole in the middle of the UND campus.

7/19/2009: Camped on the outskirts of the Black Hills, Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer and the 7th Cavalry prepared to enter unrecorded country on this day in 1874. Over the next 27 days, the 1,000-man military expedition from Fort Abraham Lincoln documented their findings.

7/21/2009: On this day in 1910, the pioneer town of Timmer established a post office. Located along the Northern Pacific railroad about twelve miles southeast of Flasher, the town was named after C. L. Timmerman, who was a Mandan banker, rancher and merchant originally from the town of Sims.

7/22/2009: Today we return once again to the Sibley Expedition as the General and his army marched through Dakota Territory during the hot and dry summer of 1863.

7/25/2009: Politicians often enter public service with a background in business, law or journalism. But Dakota's eighth territorial governor brought a unique set of skills to the political table. Although trained as a lawyer, Gilbert A. Pierce was also a widely-acclaimed author of fiction.

8/2/2009: Peggy Lee, born Norma Egstrom in Jamestown in 1920, rose to stardom through her trademark sultry, husky voice. However, Lee was more than a voice, and she soon became known for her songwriting, as well.