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North Dakotans packed a jubilant Dakota Fieldhouse on this date in 1988. The citizens’ homage was an observance of the state’s 99th birthday and prelude…
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Helen Virginia Briggs was born on this date in 1910 and grew up in Fargo. Her father was an insurance broker; and her mother an exceptional golfer who won…
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It’s not often that a man’s life achievements are overshadowed by his champion butterfat producing cow, but that is exactly what happened to Samuel F.…
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On this date in 1899, the telephone installed at the Chicago and North Western Railway depot in Oakes, North Dakota was up and working. According to the…
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Fargo’s former streetcar system reaches back almost to the founding of the town itself. Horse-drawn routes began in 1879, but with no paved streets, the…
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Following the August 1974 tsunami of attention over Richard Nixon’s resignation and Gerald Ford becoming the new President, local citizens were adjusting…
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Fargo Police say illegal, counterfeit pills resembling Oxycodone have contributed to several overdoses across the state – and are warning the public to be…
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On this date in 1914, suffragists were prepping to represent their cause at the North Dakota State Fair, to be held in Fargo from July 20-25. The booth in…
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Generations today are separated by a variety of everyday cultural representations. Two are movies and television. A look back at a 1957 daily newspaper in…
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In June of 1915, Fargo seemed a well-run modern small city. A trip through the pages of the Daily Fargo Forum newspaper reveals Fargo to be up-to-date in…