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5/25/2012: As the prevalence of automobiles increased across the United States, people had to address the many effects — among these, dealing with and trying to prevent car accidents and fatalities. So, in May of 1953, it was good news when a report showed that car accidents, compared to the previous year, had lessened — and North Dakotans were doing a better job of driving, in general.

5/27/2012: Hector Field, Fargo’s Airport, was dedicated on this date in 1931.

5/28/2012: Memorial Day has been around for over one hundred and forty years and each year we gather to pay our respects to those who gave their lives to keep us safe and free.

6/2/2012: The Whooping Crane was placed on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife List of Endangered Species on this date in 1970.

6/4/2012: Boy Chief, an Arikara Indian scout who fought at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, passed away on this date in 1922 in Armstrong, North Dakota. Boy Chief was a member of General Custer’s 7th Calvary stationed at Fort Lincoln and participated in the attack launched by Major Reno.

6/10/2012: The county of Bowman, North Dakota, was re-established on this date in 1907 by Governor John Burke.

6/12/2012: Where the railroad went, people followed. The Homestead Law of 1863 was the main ingredient in the settling of the West, but it was the railroads that supplied the means to do so.

7/15/2012: The steamboat Yellowstone made history on this date in 1832, completing the first successful voyage up the Missouri River to Fort Union, in present-day North Dakota.

7/18/2012: There have been several historical murders in North Dakota that have captured the attention of the media and the sympathy of the people. One of these is the Wolf family murder near Turtle Lake in April, 1920.

7/23/2012: A Divisionist Convention was held at Fargo on this date in 1887 to debate the merits of dividing Dakota Territory into two separate entities. An identical convention was held ten days earlier in Huron to the south. Both conventions hoped to garner support for the division of the territory, meriting the admittance of not one Dakota state into the United States, but two.