On the fourth page of his Villard Leader newspaper for Saturday, July 3, 1886, Richard Copeland wrote that the mail route from Villard to Washburn was “the first one established in this portion of Dakota and has been in operation four years. Robert Shaw of Washburn, now gone to his final ...

When McHenry County was created in 1873, it was not as large as it is today. Its original boundaries went from Towner and Buffalo Lodge Lake in the north to Anamoose in the south, and from Orrin and Aylmer in the west to Velva in the east. This area had long been visited by Native Americans, ...

To have a United States of America during its infancy, you had to have a truly united country. Not just by national unity with its citizens, but by physically connecting the east with what was then the western frontier across the Allegheny Mountains. Or at least that’s what President George ...

The Northwest Arts Center on the Minot State University campus is showing its annual Capstone Exhibition, “Intersecting Narratives,” which showcases the skills six students have developed throughout their collegiate education. Their works will be displayed at the Walter Piehl Gallery ...

Minot choir Voices of Note will hold its spring concert on Sunday, May 17, at Zion Lutheran Church, Minot. The concert will start at 3 p.m., with a reception to follow. It is free and open to the public and a free will offering will be taken. The choir started in 1989 and performs an array of ...

Things were different when summer arrived in Kansas during the ‘50s. Kids were routinely sent outside to play immediately after a morning bowl of Cheerios and told to be home by Labor Day. My friend Dale lived a block from us. He was cool. His bedroom was in the basement accessed only ...