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11/19/2010: In late October of 1883, unusual colors began to illuminate the evening and morning skies over Dakota Territory. Everyone could see that something was in the air those autumn months and on into the winter of 1883-84.

11/21/2010: Alcohol may have been illegal in North Dakota when it became a state, but the law often looked the other way. One this date in 1897, the Blind Piggers actually came under the protection of the law.

12/31/2010: Baker Electric Cooperative of Cando and Tri-County Electric Cooperative of Carrington operated as separate entities for the last time on this date in 1996. The two energy co-ops merged on January 1st, 1997, to form Northern Plains Electric Cooperative, the largest geographic electric co-op in North Dakota.

1/5/2011: Born and raised in Norway, John Moses, the future governor of North Dakota, first arrived on America’s shores in 1905.

1/10/2011: Tom Mix, the legendary cowboy of the silver screen, married Olive Stokes in Medora, North Dakota, on this date in 1909. Stokes, the daughter of a wealthy Oklahoma rancher, became Mix’s third wife.

1/14/2011: A bill was introduced to the Dakota Territorial government on this date in 1889 that sought to create the North Dakota Territorial Agricultural College at Valley City. The North Dakota Agricultural College would later become the North Dakota State University, although most listeners recognize that today the university is located in Fargo, not Valley City.

1/20/2011: Olger Burton Burtness, a North Dakota legislator and District Court Judge, passed away on this date in 1960. Burtness left a legacy of both theatre and law at his alma mater and across the state.

1/23/2011: Cream of Wheat officially registered its trademark on this date in 1900. The hot porridge cereal was created in Grand Forks at the Diamond Milling Company in October of 1893.

1/24/2011: On this date in 1958, the Northwood Gleaner published an article about a hometown girl in the big city. Marian Haraldson was trying to find her way in show biz. She was used to hard work, to being self-sufficient. Born to Harald and Selma Haraldson, Marian Haraldson grew up on a 320 acre farm near Northwood. She trained at the University of North Dakota and at St. Olaf in Minnesota, and afterward, she went to New York City.

2/16/2011: Back in the day, skiing was as natural as walking for many Norwegians, and when they immigrated to North Dakota, it was logical that they brought skiing and ski-jumping with them. Among them was Casper Oimoen. He became the best ski-jumper in North Dakota in the 1920s and 1930s.