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5/26/2009: In the last few decades, much attention has been centered on the Red River due to massive spring flooding and fluctuations in the level of the river. The seasonal rise and fall of the water is a concern for communities relying on the river for their water supply and recreation, but a hundred years ago, the spring rise was essential to maintain commercial traffic on this north running river.

5/28/2009: As the men of the First Minnesota Mounted Rangers followed General Sibley through Barnes County in July of 1863, they named several overnight camp locations after doctors who accompanied the expedition; doctors like Samuel Sheardown and Lucius Smith. When the men made camp on July 13 near a beautiful cluster of freshwater lakes, they named the site after Regimental Surgeon Dr. Josiah S. Weiser. Within weeks, the camp named for Dr. Weiser would take on a whole new significance.

6/2/2009: We live in times of constant change. These days, catching a moment is as easy as snapping a photo with the camera in your cell phone, uploading it to your computer and adding it to your blog. In the past? Not so much.

6/10/2009: Today is the 125th anniversary of the Emmons County Record in Linton. The Record is North Dakota's third largest weekly newspaper despite the fact that Linton has fewer than thirteen hundred residents. The paper was founded by Civil War veteran, Darwin Reed Streeter, who moved from Bismarck with a horse-drawn wagon over a prairie trail to the tiny county seat town of Williamsport in May of 1884. The wagon hauled an old Army hand press and a few cases of steel type.

6/13/2009: On this date in 1914, the ladies of the local Woman's Civic League in New England, ND, were waiting to hear back from their city council as to whether they could establish a special room for the ladies of the country: a rest room.

6/14/2009: Today is Flag Day, marking the 1777 adoption of the American flag. That star-spangled banner is symbolic of our unity and our roots. It hearkens back to a time of immigration and western settlement as people came from the east to seek "opportunity and prosperity."

6/21/2009: For the Custers, the 7th Cavalry was a family affair. Five relatives served alongside George Armstrong Custer including his little brother, Boston or "Bos" Custer.

6/23/2009: North Dakota native Clyfford Still passed away on this day in 1980. Although little known amongst North Dakotans, Still's impact on the American art world was monumental, and he has been described by legendary art critic Clement Greenberg as "one of the most original and important painters of our time . . . more original than any other in his generation."

6/26/2009: On this day in 1924, night policeman C.R. Sneesby of the Devils Lake Police Department died from a gunshot wound to the head.

6/30/2009: Parishioners at the Powers Lake Catholic Church were bewildered this week in 1970 regarding the whereabouts of their pastor. Church members waited in vain for the Reverend Frederic Nelson to arrive for Sunday's Mass. By noon, the worshippers gave up on the service and began to file out of the church.