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9/15/2009: Before the introduction of the big yellow school bus, school-provided transportation was non-existent for the students of rural, one-room schools. Most children in North Dakota made their way to school the old-fashioned way - by buggy, sled, horseback, or on foot. But one lucky group of children rode to school in style aboard a horse-drawn tin contraption that acted as an early type of school bus.

9/19/2009: In today's modern schools, students and teachers have access to great technologies like SmartBoards and PowerPoint programs. In 1916, school superintendents in North Dakota experimented with multimedia presentations too, using one of the latest and greatest technologies of the time: the stereopticon.

9/26/2009: In 1930, it was not uncommon for North Dakotans to hear airplanes flying overhead. But having one land was still a matter of interest, and on this date, it was reported that an airplane, which landed in Sharon, North Dakota, was a cause of intense curiosity-perhaps even more so, as the unexpected roar of the motor came on a quiet Sunday afternoon.

10/2/2009: Eight Lutheran missionaries from North Dakota were in the hands of Chinese bandits on this day in 1913. The missionaries were captured while working at a Lutheran Brethren mission in Tsaoyang, China.

10/7/2009: "Go West, young man." This advice given by Horace Greeley was certainly apropos for the soldiers constructing the new US Army encampment on the Dakota plains near present-day Bismarck in 1872.

10/13/2009: A young girl rescued her three little brothers and became a local heroine on this day in 1908 near Hansboro, North Dakota. The girl, Thurza Brown, was only fifteen years old, but acted courageously to save her siblings as adults looked on in horror.

10/17/2009: Asa Fisher built a mansion for his family in 1884, but in 1893 he sold it to the State of North Dakota from which time it served as a residence for the Governor and his family until 1960 when the new governor's residence was constructed near the Capitol.

10/18/2009: Speakeasys, or blind pigs as they were often called, were common, illegal drinking establishments during prohibition. On this date in 1910, there was big news from Lakota concerning a reformation pastor and a band of blind-pigger vigilantes.

10/19/2009: When Edward Curtis died on this date in 1952, he left behind a massive body of work - 20 volumes of photographs attempting to capture a way of life that had largely ceased to exist.

10/26/2009: Today, we’re bringing you a variety of stories from around the state in the fall of 1914. Here’s a bit of trivia from a Towner County newspaper: “For every five square miles of plowing you travel 2,500 miles. That’s equal to a single furrow all the way around the earth. Getting enough wheat for a loaf of bread requires a furrow fifty feet long.”