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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.

8/10/2009: Sixty-four years ago, the federal government anticipated a great series of floods to occur over the next few decades-floods that threatened to sweep away thousands of years of North Dakota history. Only these floods were not natural disasters. They were a planned part of federal water resource development programs. In 1945, the federal government began planning the construction of a series of dams that would provide flood control, hydroelectric power, irrigation, and recreation.

8/18/2009: In August of 1932, the home of Dr. J.A. Prescott was filled with eager visitors who came to witness the demonstration of a revolutionary new machine. After more than ten years of experimentation, Dr. Prescott successfully completed a machine-operated placer mining device called a "gamco."

8/20/2009: August in far western North Dakota brings to mind a vision of hot summer breezes, 90 degree temperatures, and dry prairie grasses. But due to the North Dakota Cloud Modification Project, farmers in the area aren't completely at the mercy of Mother Nature.

8/28/2009: The gubernatorial election of 1924 featured a hard fought battle between the Nonpartisan League and the Independent Voters Association, leaving Arthur Sorlie the victor.

9/3/2009: Surviving a plane crash is considered a miracle for any person, but imagine surviving 47 crashes in your lifetime. This was one of North Dakota pilot Dick Grace's greatest claims to fame. You might think that any pilot who crashed 47 times was clumsy, but not Dick Grace. Crashing planes was his job.

9/4/2009: Ms. Frances Densmore and her sister Margaret stuck out like a sore thumb as they hauled ungainly machinery such as a typewriter, a phonograph, and camera equipment across the natives' land.

9/6/2009: It was on this date in 1912 that Theodore Roosevelt visited Fargo by train during his Progressive campaign.

9/7/2009: In 1904, the Fargo Forum publicized a domestic row that had escalated over the course of September and began to affect the greater Fargo area.

9/8/2009: Norman Kenney liked baseball. He was good at it, too; he even played professionally in North Dakota and in Montana.