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12/26/2009: A public meeting held in Pierre on this day in 1884 generated a threat to boycott all products from the city of St. Louis, Missouri coming into Dakota Territory - a result of Missouri Senator George Vest's strong opposition to admit Dakota as a state of the Union.

12/27/2009: The White House announced the reappointment of Seth Bullock as U. S. Marshal for South Dakota on this date 100 years ago. Bullock is best known for his role as Sheriff of Deadwood, Dakota Territory during the 1870s.

1/1/2010: Ranchers and residents of Williston, North Dakota, anxiously anticipated the outcome of a publicized court trial on this date a century ago. The trial of Pat Cannon, Jud Miller, and William Coleman in Williams County District Court was viewed as the culmination of many years' work, and the "final chapter in breaking up...the famous border horse [rustling ring]."

1/4/2010: The Fargo Forum reported the story of an enormous blaze in the town of Maxbass, North Dakota, on this date in 1909. Although the fire itself drew the usual crowds to the scene, it was the fire brigade that caused the real sensation that night.

1/5/2010: The New Year is a good time to start fresh or to make life changes. Perhaps that's what prompted James Orr to look for companionship.

1/7/2010: An strange situation was playing out three miles west of Jamestown on this date in 1966. Workers of the J. T. Garvey elevator were charged with finding a missing fire that had been burning for almost two months. But how in the world can a fire be missing you ask?

1/10/2010: Hailed as "North Dakota's First Buttermaker," John Robins passed away in early January of 1911.

1/11/2010: A Moorhead man was in rough shape on this date in 1977 after spending a frigid night in an unheated 1968 Chevrolet. The experience was all part of a sales gimmick put on by Offutt Chevrolet of Moorhead.

1/12/2010: The unofficial surrender of the Dakota Sioux Ghost Dance participants to the U.S. military occurred on this date in 1891. Although the official surrender would not occur until January 16, the majority of the more than 4,000 Native Americans had moved to the Lakota Agency and "expressed their desire for peace" on January 12.

1/15/2010: A burglary that took place in Fargo on this date in 1966 was wrapped up in thirty minutes flat. That's how long it took Fargo-Moorhead officers to open and close the case, arresting six individuals and recovering over twelve hundred dollars in only twenty-three minutes.