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- The Minot Lions Club sent a telegram to Charles Lindbergh, welcoming him home after his trans-Atlantic flight, on June 11, 1927.
- The club was recognized for sponsoring more new clubs during the year than any other Lions group in the international association in 1929. Clubs were established in Williston, Stanley, Kenmare, Mohall, Bottineau, Rugby, Cando and Leeds. Additional clubs have been sponsored in years since.
- In the fall of 1931, the Lions held a golf tournament, boxing program, dinner dance and all-star football game to raise money for the Children’s Shoe Fund.
- At the 25th anniversary celebration in December 1951, A.P. Blonde was recognized for perfect attendance. He nearly missed a meeting when held up in Plaza and unable to get to Minot. He called a special meeting of the Plaza Lions Club and attended to retain his perfect attendance.
- The club had a taxidermist preserve a lion that died at the Roosevelt Park Zoo and displayed it at its meeting location in the Grande Cafe. A fire later destroyed the cafe, and the club used the $200 insurance payout on the lion to pay down its meal bill.
- When Olger Barsness was District Governor in 1962, he wanted to take something special to the district convention in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. The club ordered a live lion cub from Wisconsin, but when it arrived, it was 800 pounds and too large to handle. The club made a quick trade with the Roosevelt Park Zoo, and the small cub obtained in exchange was transported into Canada and carried in a parade by four Minot Lions members before being donated to a zoo in Canada.
- At the club's 75th anniversary in 2001, Alf Fugelso, a charter member of the club, was recognized as holding the longest membership in the international organization. Fugelso died in 2003 at age 99.
Source: Minot Lions Club