Ward County

A coal miner was murdered near Kenmare in late November of 1912, and it doesn’t appear his death was ever solved. The deceased was Carl Hanson, a 29-year-old born in Norway. A Soo Line section foreman discovered his body near the shore of Des Lacs Lake after following a bloody trail from the tracks

A shocking murder gripped Ward County in the 1900s. The story played out over many years, with two trials, a false name and a prison escape.R.S. Noah was…

Like other counties in North Dakota, Mountrail County has a rocky history. The 1873 Dakota Territorial Legislature created the county and named it after a…

A furious prairie fire, with flames fanned by 40 to 50 miles-per-hour winds, swept through the Mouse River area in April 1915. The big fire threatened the…