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On This Day | Around the State in 1940

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Josh Wolsky
Josh Wolsky

THE TOWNER PRESS IS AUTHORITY for the statement that John Ellingson of that city discovered a dandelion in full bloom along a sidewalk in that city on November 18, a week after the big storm when the thermometer registered 24 degrees below zero, and presumes that snow protected the plant during the cold weather.

December 5, 1940 | Ward County Independent

Why We Chose It

There’s a reason dandelions are tough to get rid of — they’ve got prairie grit running through their veins. And also, deer theft was proving a regular event, and national policy was hurting the business of border crossings. Sound familiar?

State-news-Dec-1940
Josh Wolsky

Josh Wolsky

Developer & Writer @TheMinot Voice, Fan of the Souris River, SavorMinot Advocate. Fortunate to be a 'former' City Council member ;)