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9/20/2011: Here’s a question for you: It’s anywhere in the United States in 1923. Prohibition became the norm as the 18th Amendment swept into America several years ago, and criminal activity grew as a result. Bootleggers and bank robbers glide throughout communities. Maybe one of them decides to take a different route. He finds a car along the street, perhaps with the keys still in it. It’s too easy to take—but where does he go with it?

9/29/2011: Jamestown College opened on this date in 1886. The newly-created college began its first fall term at 9 a.m. in the North Side School House. Although the college initially had only one student, Ms. Sadie Elliott, it would end the year with a class of thirty-five.

11/7/2009: A strangely unique political ploy was reported from Bottineau on this day in 1910. The ploy was enacted by the Democratic headquarters that city, and was discovered and reported by a group of angry Republican supporters.

11/11/2009: Today is Veterans Day, a day to honor the many soldiers who have fought for us and our country throughout our history.

11/17/2009: A Bismarck man endured a frightening ride on this day in 1908. Percy Simpson, a Soo line employee, was working on the roof of the boxcar near Wilton, North Dakota, when the incident occurred. Simpson, a brakeman, had been sent to the top of the car to repair a bent brake shaft.

11/27/2009: Joan Hecker, Miss Rodeo North Dakota, represented the state at the Miss Rodeo America pageant in Las Vegas on this day in 1962. Hecker, of Belfield, had won not only the Miss Rodeo pageant that year, but also the state barrel racing championship.

11/28/2009: On this date in 1965, a program promoting Christmas, put on by the merchants of Minot, received more news coverage than expected when a young man set the 40-foot community Christmas tree on fire.

11/29/2009: The North Dakota Governor's Conference on Library and Information Services began on this day in 1990. T

12/1/2009: The news read differently back in 1912. Anyone picking up a copy of the New York Times on this day would read "Million Cows Give Milk for New York" and "Busy Bees Produce 3,191,733 Pounds of Honey." These statistics were according to special agent for agriculture, John Lee Coulter.

12/7/2009: In December of 1941 America was preparing for war. It was evident to most people that war was inevitable and that retaining America's neutrality status was more of a wish than a reality. The draft had been revitalized and North Dakota's National Guard was training in Camp Claiborne, Louisiana as part of the federalization of the National Guard units across the nation.