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12/28/2008: The Roosevelt Park Zoo in Minot began in 1920 and among it early inhabitants were two ring-tailed monkeys.

12/29/2008: There have been numerous attempts to get the North out of North Dakota over the past one hundred and nine years. Legislation has been introduced and petitions have been signed, but to no avail. We're stuck with North ... and on a cold and blustery winter day, it does seem appropriate.

1/3/2009: When farmer J.B. Withers drained the ethanol-laden coolant from his radiator on this date in 1925, he had no idea what troubles he was pouring on to the ground.

1/4/2009: On this date in 1890, the Bismarck Daily Tribune reported on a national fashion debate concerning what to call the garment that covered men's legs. Some argued for the traditional term "trousers," which they said came from the French word trousse: a bundle or a bunching about the hips.

1/5/2009: If you tuned in last month, you heard about the election of John Todd as Dakota Territory's first Congressional delegate. It had been an easy victory for Todd. He had established business interests in Dakota Territory and a cousin in the White House, Mary Todd Lincoln. But his victory was short-lived. Less than a year after taking his seat in Washington, it was once again up for election. The 1862 election pit Todd against William Jayne, Dakota's first governor and a close friend of Abraham Lincoln.

1/6/2009: It was this day, January 6, 1897 that Frank Briggs was sworn in as North Dakota's fifth governor. But his tenure ... as we're about to hear ... would prove tragically brief.

1/17/2009: When William F. Kurke passed away on this date in 1965, North Dakota lost one its most influential architects.

1/18/2009: On this date in 1956, Police Chief D. F. Schoeneman told The Bismarck Tribune his department had broken up a juvenile gang called the Griffons. They were also investigating reports of several other gangs operating in the Bismarck area.

1/19/2009: In January of 1945, President Franklin Delenor Roosevelt shocked many Americans when he announced the dire shortage of Army and Navy nurses.

1/20/2009: It was on this day in 1938 that the Walcott Reporter printed a story about a particularly interesting oak tree. Surveyors in 1870 had used the oak as a landmark when measuring land near the Sheyenne River south of Kindred. The oak was not an unlikely choice for a landmark on the North Dakota prairies, where it was most likely the only tree for miles.