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6/20/2013: On this date in 1927, residents of central North Dakota were recovering from severe summer weather. The previous night, Mandan and surrounding areas were subjected to harsh winds, rain, and hail that wreaked havoc on the land and its farmers. The Fargo Forum ran an article detailing this devastating storm.

6/21/2013: Today and tomorrow, the North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame will celebrate its 16th induction ceremony in Medora. Eight inductees will be honored, including well-known North Dakotans like former rancher Leroy “Bud” Perry of Mountrail County, cowboy poet Bill Lowman of Sentinel Butte, rodeo stars Tom Solberg and Lynn Linseth, and Harold Schafer, founder of the Gold Seal Company, a key player in the development of Medora as an historic tourist site.

6/30/2013: When North Dakota became a state in 1889, it entered the Union as a dry state, making alcohol illegal.

7/2/2013: Sheriffs and deputies from Fargo and Moorhead launched a large-scale manhunt on this date in 1923, after a robbery suspect killed a South Dakota sheriff and escaped near Moorhead. The suspect, Edwin Rust, was wanted on robbery charges in Brown County, South Dakota, and was being transported to Aberdeen by Sheriff Isaac Fulker.

7/12/2013: In 1955, the City Commission of Devils Lake authorized construction of the sanitary lagoon system. Although lagoon systems were somewhat of a new procedure at that time, the old system of transporting sewage and rain water runoff in open ditches was both unsanitary and a real concern in the transmission of diseases. It also was a significant breeding ground for mosquitoes. So, the State Health Department condemned the old system.

7/13/2013: In 1922, Mr. R. O. Baird of the North Dakota Food Commission became concerned over the addition of dyes to ice cream.

7/14/2013: Early settlers to Dakota Territory often traveled together in large wagon trains. These trains not only provided protection from attack, but ensured help from the other travelers.

7/16/2013: In 1943, a North Dakotan named Carl Bailey traveled to Los Alamos, New Mexico to work on a top-secret project. He went there to help make atomic bombs.

7/23/2013: Long-time North Dakota rodeo producer Walter Piehl Sr. was born on this date in 1915 in Marion to John and Fern Piehl. He was educated in Marion and grew up farming with horses.

7/24/2013: Wheat ripens in late July and early August, the leaves and stalks and grain turning from green to gold. For farmers, it is a three-to-four-week race against the sun and the wind to harvest the crop.