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8/24/2005: On this date in 1916, there was a 1-paragraph story in the Bismarck Tribune that read: “S. F. Crabbe, state architect, visited the state penitentiary yesterday in regard to contemplated changes in the buildings...” While that might not sound like much, it was, in fact, quite significant.

8/29/2005: On this date in 1919, the Hannah Moon ran the following, titled A Farewell Word: “This issue completes the twenty-third year of the Moon as a weekly newspaper of general circulation.... In addition to being our anniversary number this is also the last issue of the Moon.... By the printing law passed by the last legislature, our American rights as a legal newspaper were taken away, and the legal matter turned over to one favorite in each county. The Moon is the thirtieth to close its doors since July 1st...”

9/10/2005: Minnkota Power Cooperative began operating on this date in 1941. The company was located in Grand Forks, where customers were initially served by three diesel generators.

9/9/2005: During this week in 1884, a post office was established at Morganville on the old Bismarck-Ft. Stevenson stage route. In actuality, Morganville was nothing more than a farm located on the west edge of what is now Beulah, in Mercer County.

9/12/2005: Clara Belle Rose was a tough and tender saloon-keeper from a wild little town known as Devil’s Colony, then Winona, across the Missouri from Ft. Yates. Frank Fiske described Clara Belle as: “A contemporary of Calamity Jane and Poker Alice of Deadwood fame; known to cowboys and frequenters of the glittering palaces of frontier towns as Mustache Maude*, this woman was as fearless as the wildest gunman and was able to ‘hold her own’ in any company.”

9/18/2005: On this date in 1913, the Bismarck Daily Tribune reported Governor Hanna had issued a proclamation calling for a “Purity Sunday” to be observed.

9/22/2005: Today is the birthday of one of the winningest college basketball coaches in history. Robert Luther Olson was born on this date in 1934 on his family’s farm near Hatton, and like so many who’ve achieved greatness, he overcame great adversity in his childhood.

9/28/2005: On this day in 1890, women from all over were in Jamestown taking part in the state’s first Woman’s Christian Temperance Union – or WCTU – convention, a 4-day, anti-liquor gathering.

10/24/2005: A major encounter with a very large orange UFO took place near Minot Air Force Base on this date in 1968. It was the middle of the Cold War. Active missile sites were peppered across the North Dakota landscape, and military personnel were on high alert.

10/28/2005: Today we bring our fourth and final segment in our series on the role of North Dakota’s 164th Infantry Regiment in World War II.