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Today marks the anniversary of an extraordinary event in the life of Hatton native, Carl Ben Eielson. In 1927, an Australian adventurer, George Wilkins,…

Today marks the anniversary of two controversial events having to do with the burial sites of two of our most famous Native Americans.Sitting Bull was…

Tomorrow will be the birthday of Calvin Andrist, who was born in Ada, MN, in 1887. His son, John, said, “Dad always claimed two birth dates. After…

In 1886, Christian Maiers, his wife, the first of their 11 children, along with his parents and a brother, moved from Russia to Dakota Territory.…

It was on this date in 1949 that the North Dakota Air National Guard was called upon to drop feed for stranded starving animals in the western part of the…

About eight miles north of Bismarck is a bluff on which the Mandan Indians once had a thriving village called Double Ditch Village, which is designated as…

On this date about 12,000 years ago, and for that matter, just about every day for about 60,000 years, some interesting geological features were being…

An important aspect of Native American oral tradition involves sacred bundles of relics that help storytellers remember tribal stories and histories.…

Canadian Eva Gauthier was one of the most prominent singers of the first half of the 20th century. In 1923, she made history when she included six jazz…

In January 1890, North Dakota was just a few months old. In voting to approve the constitution the people also voted in favor of prohibition.…