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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.

3/1/2011: Osmund Gunvaldsen, North Dakota politician, developer, inventor, and newsman, was appointed U.S. Marshal by President Calvin Coolidge on this date in 1927. Gunvaldsen, a Renaissance man of many talents, may perhaps be considered the most diverse lawman ever to serve the state.

3/7/2011: The State Legislature adopted the Wild Prairie Rose as the North Dakota state flower on this date in 1907. The flower, scientifically labeled Rosa arkansana, is known by a variety of regional monikers and covers most of central North America.

3/11/2011: There is a sense of prestige that accompanies a visiting President – but there is even more pride when a President comes to live in the area, even if only for a little while. So, when President Calvin Coolidge announced that he wanted to spend a summer away from Washington D.C., it is no surprise that several states extended an invitation.

3/13/2011: Exercising to music seemed to have it’s beginnings back in the early 1980s when the Baby Boomers began to see the signs of middle age spread.

3/17/2011: Patrick Haggerty, the celebrated entrepreneur and businessman, was born in Harvey, North Dakota on this date in 1914. Haggerty went on to co-found Texas Instruments, serve on several national advisory commissions, and earn numerous awards and honors from across the country.

3/18/2011: In aerial combat, an ace is a pilot who shoots down five enemy aircraft. One of North Dakota’s ten aces came from Minot. His name was Harvey Picken.

3/28/2011: The Marquis de Mores is a well-known character in North Dakota. According to the stories, some curious, some true, and some legend, he led an exciting and diverse life, and contributed to the history of this state. His chateau overlooks Medora, the city he named for his young wife, and his meat packing plant is historic… in fact, J. W. Foley later wrote, ”There were as many myths written about the old packing plant as there were about Helen of Troy, Dido and Carthage or the foundation of Rome.”

4/2/2011: Walter P. Macomber was born on May 10, 1859 in Bangor, Maine, and he was to play an important role in the development of an important industry in North Dakota.

4/5/2011: North Dakota has always been a low population state. Although thousands of people immigrated to the state from 1871 to 1914, agriculture was a fickle business and many of the immigrants found that 160 acres was not enough land to support a family as climatic shifts offered feast or famine.