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4/15/2005: Doctor Herbert Wilson was born in Bethel, Vermont, on this date in 1921. Wilson was a physician at Fort Berthold for 43 years before retiring nine years ago.

4/17/2005: After a harrowing journey, Apollo 13 made it back from space on this date 35 years ago. Astronaut Tony England of West Fargo was in the control room when the Apollo crewman spoke those famous words, “Houston, we have a problem.”

4/19/2005: Yesterday we brought you part one of our story on retired Brigadier General James Wold, a much-decorated Air Force pilot in Vietnam who later set up a law practice near Cooperstown.

4/18/2005: James William Wold was born in Minneapolis on this date in 1932, but his family’s roots were in ND. Decades earlier, his grandmother came to work for her aunt and uncle in Grand Forks, then moved back to Norway. In 1923, her 16-year-old son Peter came over and lived in Grand Forks. Little did Peter know what a big life his son would lead when he was born.

4/22/2005: It’s been 100 years since the first national wildlife refuge was established in North Dakota, which we've been talking about for the last couple days. Today being Earth Day, we have something a little special. Our story comes courtesy of North Dakota native Clay Jenkinson. Jenkinson is probably best known for his work on the radio program, The Jefferson Hour, as well as his expertise on Lewis and Clark. As of late, he’s also turned his eye on Teddy Roosevelt. So, without further ado...

4/23/2005: The Jewish observance of Passover begins today at sundown.

4/24/2005: In April 1895, The Fargo Forum reported: “...the Great Northern railway took a train of 405 people, actual settlers, not excursionists, to the Red River Valley and the Turtle Mountain country of North Dakota.

4/25/2005: During the early years, Bismarck was right on the heels of Deadwood in lawlessness, violence and the selling of liquor. But, by the early 1900s, some Bismarck residents felt it was time to actually enforce prohibition. Saloons that carried on in secret were called “blind pigs,” and their beverages were either illegally produced locally or brought in from Canada by “runners.”

4/27/2005: We’ve spent the last two days talking about events connected to alcohol in North Dakota’s past. Today we bring you the story of Elizabeth Preston Anderson, who was at the other end of the spectrum. She was born on this date in 1861 to Elam Stanton Preston, a Methodist pastor in Decatur, IN. His ancestors were “Friend Quakers” who came over from England sometime before 1750.

5/4/2005: We’ve all heard about talking in your sleep – and many of us do. And then there’s sleep walking, which afflicted pilot Carl Ben Eielson the night before he’d set out on any new adventure. But today’s story is about something far more unusual.