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1/12/2011: Perhaps the most tragic blizzard in North Dakota’s history occurred on January 12, 1888. The Schoolchildren’s Blizzard, as it became known, affected the mid-section of the country, from North Dakota all the way down to Texas. When the storm finally subsided, two-hundred and thirty people lay dead, mostly school-aged children.

1/19/2011: Two NDSU students created a new Facebook group on this date a year ago. The group came about as the result of Conan O’Brien’s monologue the night before, in which he mentioned a job offer from Fargo, North Dakota.

1/27/2011: Clarence Norman Brunsdale, North Dakota’s 24th Governor, passed away on this date in 1978. Brunsdale gained a reputation as a businessman and farmer in addition to his political career, and continued farming until his retirement at the age of 77.

1/29/2011: We can all picture the Smiley Face that became so popular back in the late 60s, early 70s. They probably would have fit in well with a campaign that began in North Dakota during this week in 1918.

1/30/2011: United States Land Offices were places where homesteaders could file their claims. The land offices were spaced to make it easier for people to access the land clerks and to file the necessary papers as the land was surveyed. T

2/2/2011: North Dakota Senator Milton Young appeared in the pages of Time magazine on this date in 1968. The magazine detailed the Senator’s efforts, and eventual triumph, to restore the infamous Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C.

2/7/2011: Peter O. Sathre, known as P. O. to friends, was born on this date in 1876 in Adams, Minnesota. An attorney by trade, Sathre made a name for himself by serving in a variety of political offices in North Dakota until his retirement in 1962 at the age of eighty-six.

2/6/2011: In 1952 oil rigs were actively drilling in the Williston Basin. One rig worker, E. R. “Goober” Muckelrath, noted that the steam boilers were failing to sufficiently warm the rigs, even coating the area with ice as the steam froze.

2/10/2011: The Little Country Theatre of the North Dakota Agricultural College was dedicated on this date in 1914, well before the Agricultural College became NDSU in 1960. Since 1968, this popular theatre has operated out of NDSU’s Askanase Hall.

2/13/2011: On this date in 1922, children and adults alike in Devils Lake were looking forward to eating ice cream. The Eskimo Pie had come to town.