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A Second Look: Mail carried on route between Burlington, Coal Harbor

The distance from Burlington to Coal Harbor was between 60 and 65 miles. The mail route between the two locations “followed the old stage road across Wolf and Snake Creeks, then in a northwesterly direction, to the present site of Garrison, where it picked up the James Johnson ox trail, ...

ND State Fair to celebrate America’s 250th

The North Dakota State Fair opens in Minot Friday, July 17, and continues through Saturday, July 25. This year’s fair, its 61st year as a state fair, has many new and previous favorites ranging from food, exhibits to attractions. “This year is especially meaningful as we join the ...

ND State Parade set for Saturday in Minot

The North Dakota State Parade in Minot, with the theme "Celebrating 250 Years of Heroes," will be held Saturday, July 18. The biggest parade in North Dakota, it will have well over 200 units. The parade starts at 9:15 a.m. and follows Burdick Expressway east from Broadway and through the ...

A Second Look: Coal Harbor began as Victoria

After the mail route between Villard and Washburn was ended in July, 1886, other arrangements were soon made to provide mail services to Mouse River Valley residents. The link between McLean County and the Mouse River Valley was kept up, when a new route was established between Coal Harbor and ...

Minot City Band to present concerts Sunday

The Minot City Band will present two identical concerts at 4 p.m. and again at 7 p.m. on Sunday, July 12, at Oak Park. The concerts will be conducted by Pat Schwan, one of the band’s three conductors this season. Schwan is a retired music educator who has played trumpet in the Minot City ...

MSU Summer Theatre presents ‘School of Rock’

Minot State University Summer Theatre continues Season 61 on Tuesday, July 14, with its third production of the summer, “School of Rock,” directed by Jacob Jenkins. Inspired by the hit Jack Black movie with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, this Musical Theatre Camp production of the high ...