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2/27/2005: On this date in 1891, Governor Burke signed Senate Bill #60, which allowed for the creation of a State Soldiers’ Home.

2/28/2005: Today’s story doesn’t really connect to any specific date. It’s more of a fun thing.Fort Ransom began holding rodeos in 1934, and during the 1950s, one of the men who stood out in bronco riding was Fred Ward, from Hankinson. Ward was born in 1911 and got his first saddle when he was six. His father did a lot of horse-trading, and young Fred learned early that if he wanted to keep a horse, he better not get bucked off – and if he did, he better not come home crying – or his dad would take the horse and sell it.

3/10/2005: Gilmore T. Schjeldahl was one of the great creative minds of our times. He was born June 1st, 1912, and grew up in Esmond, Mott and, finally, in his mother’s hometown of Northwood. As a child, he enjoyed learning how things worked in blacksmith shops, farm implement stores, and power plants. He built his family’s first radio and also a static eliminator for the town newspaper.

3/11/2005: Musician 2nd Class Lloyd Frost Harmon, from Mandan, was discharged from the army on this date in 1919. He served with Company A of the 164th Infantry during World War I. The following is a letter he wrote to a friend named Mick from “Somewhere in France” in 1918:

3/12/2005: It was on this date in 1915 that the Hansboro News reported the following story from Wolford, northeast of Rugby:

3/16/2005: Today is the tenth day of the Alaskan dog race, the Iditarod, and the first teams are expected to begin crossing the finish line today. Others will be out on the 1,500-mile trail for as much as another week. Some of the sleds being used in the race were constructed in North Dakota.

9/4/2004: The Community Welfare Association was started in Fargo in 1927 to coordinate a community-wide effort to help meet human service needs. Its name was changed to the United Fund of Fargo in 1957, and then in 1964, it became the United Fund of Fargo-Moorhead. In the summer of 1966, employee Jim Backus came up with a jingle idea based on a combination of the towns’ names: FarMoor. The tune started with “Let’s give Far More, More than we ever gave before...”

9/7/2004: In 1923, posters advertised a Ku Klux Klan meeting in Larimore to take place on this date. The posters read, “The American Club which is Klan No. 2, of the realm of North Dakota will receive its charter. One of the grandest and most picturesque meetings ever held in the history of the Klan in this state will take place. You are one of a thousand Klansmen we hope to see.”

9/16/2004: In Hebrew, Rosh Hashanah means “head of the year,” which is why the holiday is commonly known as Jewish New Year. Rosh Hashanah began yesterday at sunset, so today marks the first day of the Jewish Year 5765; the holiday will end tomorrow night.

9/17/2004: Yesterday, we introduced Rachel Bella Kahn, a Russian Jew who came to the United States in 1895. Her move was a desperate attempt to escape the obstacles she had been facing – physical abuse, being an orphan, separation from her siblings, and being forced to work for a rich aunt who didn’t want her. At 19, Rachel was not yet married and would soon be past her prime. When she was given the chance to impersonate another woman who backed out of an arranged marriage to a Jewish man in Devils Lake, her relatives were relieved to see her go.