Dr. Steve Hoffbeck

Fred Kenworthy had a big idea, an ambitious idea, a brave idea – he would take a small wagon, pulled by dogs, all the way around the world, starting in…

North Dakota and South Dakota have been rivals for a long, long time. Congress created Dakota Territory in 1861, and Yankton eventually wrestled with…

North Dakota is full of stories, and today’s story is about plowing up a fortuitous fortune.In 1916, on a farm 6.5 miles north of Blaisdell, a hired man…

Today’s story about a legend of lost treasure near the town of Kensal is twice as perplexing as it is puzzling. The tale involved gold dust, violence and…

Bismarck High School is a very historic building, having been constructed in 1935, in the hard-times of the Great Depression. The three-story structure…

Radio broadcasting captured the imagination of Americans in the decade after the founding of first radio station, KDKA in Pittsburgh in November, 1920. In…

Dowsing is a term that means using a divining rod to find underground water. Dowsers look for water using a forked stick, usually a willow…

In the 1880s, the question was asked: “How Large Will Pumpkins Grow in Dakota?” The answer was: “pretty big.” The man behind the large-pumpkin question…

The Great Depression of the 1930s did not feel so “great” to those suffering from unemployment, bank failures, or drought. The Depression was in full…

Since 1858, Fort Abercrombie has been a famous landmark in North Dakota’s history, serving as a gateway to the West and a stopping place along the early…