Sarah Walker

In early April, 1921, the City Council in Bowbells passed Ordinance No. 69, a fairly straight-forward ordinance that required any person, firm, or…

On this date in 1915, several prairie fires whipped North Dakota. A number of these fires were reported to have started from burning haystacks, and spread…

In 1930, 22-year-old pilot Maurice Miller disappeared in a snowstorm when flying to Baudettte, Minnesota, from Penasse island in the northwest angle where…

Although North Dakota entered the United States as a dry state in 1889, that didn't stop the flow of alcohol. In Bismarck, blind pigs, saloons, and other…

On this date in 1923, it was not exactly looking a lot like Christmas in North Dakota. In fact, the Bismarck Tribune noted that it would NOT be a white…

When the Federal Suffrage Amendment passed in the U.S. House and Senate on June 4th, 1919, there were many calls in North Dakota for a special session so…

Suffragists Alice Paul and Lucy Burns learned about militant protest tactics from suffrage efforts in England. They felt such tactics could help in the…

North and South Dakota officially became states on this date in 1889, at a time when suffrage was a hot topic of conversation. The year began with…

On this date in 1918, as World War I raged on across the sea and the Spanish Flu was spreading from community to community, children were looking at a…

North Dakota’s 4th Annual Industrial Exposition took place in Bismarck in October 1914, and the city was bustling with activity. The Bismarck Tribune…