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On this date in 1909, the State Line Herald reported on a huge event for the small town of North Lemmon. The Gollmar Brothers Circus had arrived from…
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By the late 1800s, Buffalo Bill Cody was nationally known as an Army scout, hunter, and theater performer. In 1883 he capitalized on that fame by…
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One fact we can probably all agree upon is that North Dakota enjoys a historical and essential partnership with agriculture. A small but vibrant example…
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On this date in 1887, two North Dakotans announced a surprising discovery. Isaac Clark and Isaac Ross were taking a leisurely drive when they spotted a…
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By the late 1800s, baseball was wildly popular. Every town had a team that competed against neighboring towns for local bragging rights. Women were not…
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We have a special story for the Memorial Day weekend. It’s about a boy named Wayne Wickoren and an old man named Andrew Anderson in McLeod, in Ransom…
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This week in 1910, the Fargo Forum and Daily Republican newspaper revealed an interesting potpourri of life in the Red River Valley. At the Fargo Opera…
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On May 19, 1882, the Bismarck Tribune wrote: This was in the aftermath of a massive migration of Black refugees into Kansas in 1879. They were called…
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Mail order catalogs are nothing new. They have been a staple of Americana for well over a century. Perhaps the most famous is the Sears catalog. Starting…
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May is National Historic Preservation Month. Today, we highlight a North Dakota property on the National Register of Historic Places.Construction of the…