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Loving ode to bridge poets: The Unknown Bridge
The Month of Bridge Poets The month of dedicating our loving odes to bridge poets continue with another bridge poem that was discovered a few years ago. Unlike the previous post (which featured the...
Posted on 5/2/13 at 8:55 AM
Remembering Oklahoma City
On April 19, 1995, at 9:02 a.m. CST, our nation experienced a profound tragedy in the terrorist bomb attack on the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Office Building in Oklahoma City. Sixteen SSA employees and...
Posted on 4/19/13 at 9:02 AM
Women's History Month Word Search
In 1981, the First Congressional Resolution proclaimed "Women's History Week" around the calendar week that included March 8, International Womens Day. Six years later, Congress expanded this focus to...
Posted on 3/5/13 at 11:46 AM
Black History Month under way at UND
The University of North Dakota, along with the rest of the nation, is celebrating Black History Month in February. UND's Multicultural Student Services encourages everyone to come and take part in ...
Posted on 2/6/13 at 3:06 PM
Cross Quarter Day
Saturday is Groundhogs Day, made famous in recent decades by the celebration in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. But the origins of having a celebration on February 2 goes back to ancient times as today ma...
Posted on 1/31/13 at 11:38 AM
Medora's trip through time: Preserve America funds help western ND town connect visitors with the past
By Bryan Horwath , May 15, 2013
Shirvani left rift in his wake in California
BISMARCK — Questions about his leadership style aren’t new for Hamid Shirvani, the embattled chancellor of the North Dakota University System.By Ryan Johnson , February 07, 2013
Bakken's namesake 'honored' by oil field name
By Amy Dalrymple , November 24, 2012
Proposed wells draw controversy: Rancher, tribal member oppose drilling in Killdeer Mountains
Home to one historic battlefield site already, the Killdeer Mountains are the subject of a new North Dakota fight. This time, however, the battle is not between the U.S. Army and tribes of Native Americans, but rather between the oil industry and the people who live near and use the mountains, which begin about eight miles northwest of Killdeer.By Bryan Horwath , October 23, 2012
Dickinson: The Queen City; Old nickname for city on the western edge a mystery
July 08, 2012
Women 'witch' for graves with divining rods in Oil Patch
By James MacPherson , May 28, 2012
Houston museum unveils $85 million dinosaur hall
HOUSTON (AP) — Pups in her womb, a large eye visible behind the rib cage, one baby stuck in the birth canal: all fossilized evidence that this ancient marine beast, the Ichthyosaur, died in childbirth.May 22, 2012
VIDEO: Living History Museum at N.D. State Capitol
By Teri Finneman , April 06, 2012
What's believed to be full Titanic site mapped pieced together
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Researchers have pieced together what's believed to be the first comprehensive map of the entire 3-by-5-mile Titanic debris field and hope it will provide new clues about what exactly happened the night 100 years ago when the superliner hit an iceberg, plunged to the bottom of the North Atlantic and became a legend.March 08, 2012
JFK library releases last of his secret tapes
BOSTON (AP) — President John F. Kennedy's library is releasing 45 hours of privately recorded meetings and phone calls, providing a window into the final months of his life.January 24, 2012
Diggers get glimpse of life 60 million years ago near Medora
By Lisa Miller , August 21, 2011
Unique, historic Green River bridge near Dickinson may have to go
By By Sean M. Soehren , August 20, 2011
North Dakota marker reminder of historic road
HAYNES (AP) — History is sometimes subtle. Fieldstone rubble marks where a house once stood, or wind whistles through a schoolhouse boarded up when the children disappeared.September 19, 2010
Ship lost for more than 150 years is recovered
July 28, 2010
Unusual 17th-century Dutch horse burial site found
AMSTERDAM (AP) — Archeologists have uncovered a mass grave with the complete skeletons of 51 horses buried side-by-side, probably the long-forgotten equine victims of a 17th century battle over a strategic Dutch river.June 30, 2010
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