Twenty years ago 130 tons of buffalo bones were shipped from North Dakota to be ground up and used for fertilizers. Then the prairies were dotted with the whitened skulls of these monarchs of the plains and many a settler got his[...]
Tag: Minot History
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On This Day | Gone are the Days
The shack he built to live in was only a little more than nothing covered with tarpaper. His stable was the flimsiest sort. His proudest possession was his blue uniform which he kept mended and spotless of repair. He had been a[...]
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On This Day | Ward’s Pioneer Years
Thousands of years old, the Souris river valley and Ward county plains are still only 68 years old to the white man. Here as in few other places in the world, the entire life of the settled residents can and will be[...]
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On This Day | Hammer on High Third Starts to Drop
Pointing out that the sale of liquor without a license, and in an establishment where food is sold, constitutes a violation of state law and city ordinance, Nedrud asks that the operators of the Parrot Inn be enjoined from such alleged unlawful[...]
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On This Day | A Couple of Double Crossers
Angered by the action of the other three members of the board, LaFleur shook hands with Commissioners F. J. Thomas and Acting President A. H. Kurth and called them a “couple of double-crossers.” -- September 8, 1932 | The Ward County Independent[...]
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Minot’s Plum Valley History
Beneath today’s neighborhoods and highways, the Souris River Valley carries layers of memory—plum thickets, hunting grounds, and the footprints of many nations who once called it home. The naming of Minot’s new Plum River Native Prairie rekindles those stories, even if the[...]
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On This Day | A Simple Beginning for the Russel Mill
Thus, from a simple, one-mill beginning in Valley City, North Dakota, Russell Miller-King Midas has forged ahead to become one of the leading flour millers in the country. Operations extend to nearly all 50 states as well as many foreign countries. --[...]
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On This Day | New Golf Course Coming!
Five Minot men, H. E. Buck, A. W. Dolph, Frank Peters, Ray DeWitt and A. M. Christensen, have organized the Riverside golf club and have taken a 10 year lease on the Peter Ehr 80 acre tract just south of the Northwest[...]
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On This Day | The Oldest Picture
Many people who come into the Independent office are interested in the 1887 picture of Minot which hangs on the wall here. That picture was taken in the autumn of 1887. The Independent here presents a picture of the city which was[...]
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Local history buffs are turning to Facebook to share memories of bygone eras
Social media often feels like a fleeting snapshot of our lives, but many are turning to Facebook groups for a different reason: to preserve shared memories and unique materials. While these communities can quickly gather hundreds of thousands of members, questions linger[...]
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How a frontiersman’s tie to a gang of horse thieves likely cost him his life
It's a real-life Jake Spoon story. And if you're not familiar with Jake, he's Lonesome Dove's warning against falling in with the wrong folks. The tale of Francis Gardipee, Edmund Hackett, and Flopping Bill Cantrell is one such chronicle. These men's fates[...]
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#GoodTalking Minot Flood Protection & History
The Wednesday editions of #GoodTalkMinot featured two keystone conversations -- one focused on our future, the other, our past. Watch below as Jonah Lantto and I discuss the status of the region's flood protection efforts with SRJB and Mouse River Plan Project[...]