Curio | January 2, 2026

On This Day | A Fiery Tradition

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Author

Josh Wolsky

The two large elevators of the Minot Flour Mill were completely destroyed by fire which broke out at six o’clock Saturday morning.
1919-01-02 | Ward County Independent

Why We Chose It

Over and over again, we burned. The newspapers are littered with these stories. Minot was not unique. Every small town around us suffered the same fate at one ore possibly multiple times. In this era, the era of growth and expansion, they always rebuilt.