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4/25/2013: Donald Arneson was the son of a widowed carpenter from Hillsboro who fought with North Dakota’s 164th Regiment during WWII. After the war, he went to NDSU, but after a year he decided to re-enlist.

4/28/2013: On this date in 1907, residents of North Dakota were talking about the recent activities of a renowned outlaw. You may or may not have heard of Alexander Carron, but the Harvey Herald reported that he had “far surpassed the record of Jesse James or any other criminal of modern times.”

4/30/2013: It was April 30th, and oil men near Tioga were falling behind schedule. “We should have begun drilling by now,” said one, “and here we haven’t even been able to get our rigs in the field.”

5/5/2013: Oil development in western North Dakota has drawn strong criticism and concern from environmental advocates worried such development could affect the land, water, and wildlife resources. Such concern, however, is far from new.

5/7/2013: Bank robberies began an upward climb during the 1920s, causing state bank associations across the Midwest, from Texas to North Dakota, to offer their own "wanted dead or alive" rewards for bank robbers. A bank robbery in Tuttle, North Dakota shows just how sophisticated bank robbers had gotten in 1921.

5/12/2013: A terrible thunderstorm featuring winds of “cyclonic proportions” and widespread lightning struck southern North Dakota on the early morning of May 9th, 1922.

5/15/2013: Two alleged ‘chicken rustlers’ were arrested in Valley City on this date in 1922 by Sheriff Larson on charges of repeated chicken theft. The two men hailed from Pine City, Minnesota, and appeared to be operating a wide-scale chicken rustling scheme in which they would drive into rural areas of North Dakota, steal live chickens from area farms, and then transport the chickens back to Fargo to sell.

5/18/2013: News reports today abound with stories of inclement weather, unusual births, and even drivers struck by car trouble, but rarely do we hear stories that include all three.

5/19/2013: A raving man was arrested late on the night of May 19, 1922, by a Bismarck patrolman. The officer believed him drunk, and jailed him for the night, hoping he’d sober up by morning.

5/23/2013: On this date in 1922, the city of Sacramento California opened the week-long "Days of '49" celebration with a "longest beard in the United States" competition. The title of "King of the Whiskerinos" went to Hans Langseth, of Barney, North Dakota, who won the contest easily with his 17-foot-long beard.