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7/4/2009: Two years ago on this date, a crowd gathered at Minot's Roosevelt Park to dedicate the Medal of Honor Memorial.

7/8/2009: The thirties were dirty, dusty, and dry, but it seemed like no year compared to 1936. The 1936 winter was bone-chilling across the US. In North Dakota, the town of Parshall experienced an all-time state record low of -60 on February 16. And when winter gave way to summer, there came stifling heat-so much, that on July 6, in Steele, ND, temperatures rose to 121. So, on this date in 1936, weather was the topic of conversation, the lead news report, and a continuous concern for many.

7/9/2009: In the summer of 1981, Hollywood descended upon the Bob Iwen farm in rural Cass County. Located three and a half miles north of Arthur, the farm was deemed the "perfect location" for filming an automobile commercial. The Ford Mercury Corporation chose Bob Iwen's farm simply for its wheat fields. To the "Hollywood Eye," the green, unripe wheat fields waving in the North Dakota breeze would resemble tall prairie grasses when seen on television.

7/11/2009: In 1935, the Heart River left its banks, turning Mandan into a raging flood area.

7/12/2009: It was on this date in 1957 that the State Historical Society acquired Wadeson Cabin; an old hand-hewn log building on the eastern bank of the Sheyenne River near Kathryn, North Dakota. Built in 1876 by Carl Jenson and Jon Bjerke, the Wadeson Cabin established itself as an important local landmark; serving as a pioneer home, community center, country store and an icehouse.

7/13/2009: Throughout much of the early nineteenth century, the Métis remained one of the dominant groups of the Red River Valley. Descended largely from Ojibwa or Cree mothers and European fathers, the Red River Métis were fiercely independent, noted as excellent horsemen, trappers, voyageurs and buffalo hunters. Their success, however, often put them in conflict with the ancient enemy of their Ojibwa and Cree ancestors; the Dakota.

7/15/2009: In the spring of 1928, North Dakota pilot, Harry W. Potter, made a triumphant return to the state’s capitol city after a visit to Montana to buy his own state-of-the art flying device: a Ryan airplane built by the same company that developed Charles Lindberg’s Spirit of St. Louis.

8/3/2009: On this date in 1962, the Bismarck Tribune reported that Sitting Bull's remaining blood relatives gathered to remember their ancestor at his resting place in Fort Yates. And they were accompanied by a special guest of honor: Klas Gustafsson.

8/6/2009: It was announced around this date in 1967 that certain citizens of Bismarck were embracing a newly arrived guest to the Capitol city. This famous guest was known by many names: Mary Jane, grass, weed, hemp, pot ... all referring to marijuana.

8/9/2009: Towner got a new fire truck in 1923. It was a beauty, as good as any in the larger cities, and although fires were a serious business, the firemen were anxious to try it out. They even considered lighting up some garbage for its trial run.