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11/23/2009: Here are William Palmer's Ten Commandments of Farming, as printed in the Munich Herald on this date in 1910:

11/24/2009: Traditionally, stories involving both North Dakota and forests result in a bad joke, usually ending with a punch-line about the state's only trees being telephone poles. While the jokes are made in good fun, they contain a grain of truth. After all, the state is the least forested in the country, with trees covering only about one percent of North Dakota's total acreage. But despite the jokes, and the relatively few trees - well at least those that aren't being used to support phone lines - North Dakota was actually home to a National Forest covering over 14,000 acres in present-day Slope County.

11/26/2009: Today, people across the state and nation will remember, celebrate and share their bountiful blessings with family and friends. It's a day North Dakotans have officially celebrated for nearly 150 years.

11/30/2009: The great North Dakota historian, Elwyn B. Robinson, wrote to his mother on this date in 1958, telling her about a recent paper he gave at a convocation to celebrate the 75th aAnniversary of the founding of the University of North Dakota. The paper, titled "The Themes of North Dakota History," went on to form the basis of a book by Robinson that is considered the definitive history of the state and is still used by scholars today.

12/2/2009: Now that Thanksgiving has passed, for those of us who aren’t early birds or late ducks, it’s time to get the Christmas cards sent out. You know the drill. Some people hate it, some people love it, but we just can’t stop the tradition. So sit on down, write out those cards, slap on a stamp and an address, and use a little of your leftover Thanksgiving spirit to give thanks for the post offices and postal routes.

12/3/2009: A buffalo bull made headlines this week in 1900 on the Fort Yates Reservation. The bull was spotted among a herd of cattle near Rock Creek, and was the first seen in the area since 1885.

12/4/2009: On this date in 1903, it was announced that the Weather Bureau was compiling this local weather lore and had actually published a pamphlet of sayings from around the world.

12/5/2009: Minot reported a curious tale on this date in 1910, writing that a death notice and obituary it published two months earlier was nothing more than an elaborate hoax concocted by a mischievous ex-husband.

12/6/2009: On this date in 1910, Fred Shirkey had a shredded suit of clothes, a torn up hand, but a smile on his face.

12/8/2009: The Fargo Forum reported the progress of ten visiting penguins on this day in 1968. The penguins were flown eight thousand miles from their home in Antarctica in order to participate in a research experiment.