Dakota Datebook

Before the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, or the coronavirus of 2020, North Dakotans dealt with other outbreaks of illness. On this date in 1887, the St. Paul…

Millions of Americans have changed their homes for many reasons over the years. Far fewer in the Red River Valley have left their home due to the…

In December 1930, the Committee on Transmissible Diseases of Poultry for the American Veterinary Medical Association presented a paper prepared by doctors…

On this date in 1986, The Bismarck Tribune announced that the biggest sign in the state was going to be moved and reconstructed. In 1934, Boy Scouts used…

Today we have the final installment in our 3-part series from Helen Smith of Wimbledon, North Dakota who won 1st prize from Dakota Farmer magazine for her…

Yesterday, we began a 3-part series quoting from an article written by Helen Smith of Wimbledon for the Dakota Farmer magazine in 1907. Here is part two,…

In 1907, The Dakota Farmer magazine asked for letters explaining how women managed farm homes without hired girls. The first prize went to Helen Smith of…

Across the United States, the country recoiled on this date in 1941 at the alarming news of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and the declaration of war…

On this day in 1987, the Bismarck Tribune published a moving story about the memorial service for Karen Ivesdal. About 300 of the 416 residents of Edmore…

When Rudy Froeschle of Hazen, North Dakota, mustered out of the service after World War II, he picked up some pamphlets. Rudy found out you could buy a…